Harlem Renaissance
1919-1948
WHAT IS THE HARLEM
RENAISSANCE?
 It
was a time of great
development of art,
literature, music and
culture in the AfricanAmerican Community.
 It is also known as the
New Negro
Movement.
Where Is Harlem?
HARLEM, NEW YORK
List two places that show this is
Harlem, New York.
What led to the
Harlem Renaissance?

From 1910 to 1930,
African-Americans
left their southern
homes. Racism and
lack of economic
opportunities led
them to leave the
South. They were
searching for better
lives.
They migrated to
urban centers like
New York, Chicago,
Detroit, and
Cleveland.

List 4 cities in which AfricanAmericans moved North.
Who coined the Harlem
Renaissance?


Alain LeRoy Locke wrote The New
Negro in 1925.
Locke described the northward
migration of blacks as "something like a
spiritual emancipation." Black urban
migration, combined with trends in
American society as a whole toward
experimentation during the 1920s…”
According to Alain Locke, who
contributed to the
Harlem Renaissance?

Locke stated that the rise of radical
black intellectuals contributed to
movement:
Marcus Garvey, founder of the
Universal Negro Improvement
Association (UNIA).
W. E. B. Du Bois was the
editor of
The Crisis magazine.
According to Alain Locke, who
contributed to the
Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes, a poet, wrote
Let America Be America Again
I, Too, Sing America
Life Is Fine
Dream Deferred
Mother to Son
Countee Cullen wrote
A Brown Girl Dead
For A Lady I Know
For A Poet
From the Dark Tower
Fruit of the Flower
According to Alain Locke, who
contributed to the
Harlem Renaissance?
Zora Neale Hurston was a writer
who wrote , Their Eyes Were
Watching God
Mules and Men
Tell My Horse
Claude Mc Kay wrote
“If We Must Die”
Harlem Shadows
Home to Harlem
Langston Hughes and
the Harlem Renaissance
Zora Neal Hurston Biography
The Musicians from the
Harlem Renaissance ERA
Edward Kennedy 'Duke'
Ellington
(April 29th, 1899 – May 24th,
1974)

Duke Ellington Biography
The Musicians from the
Harlem Renaissance ERA
Billie Holiday
April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959
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Billie Holiday Video
http://www.youtube.com/v/bWtUzdI5hlE
The Musicians from the
Harlem Renaissance ERA
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III
(December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994)
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Cal Calloway’s dancing Minnie Moocher
The Artists from the
Harlem Renaissance ERA
Aaron Douglass
(May 26, 1899 – February 3, 1979)
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The Artists from the
Harlem Renaissance ERA
Augusta Savage
(February 29, 1892 – March 26, 1962)
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Gamin.
"Lift Every Voice and
Sing."
The Artists from the
Harlem Renaissance ERA
Palmer C. Hayden
(January 15, 1890 – February 18, 1973)

The Baptism
Midsummer Night In Harlem
The Artists from the
Harlem Renaissance ERA
Lois Mailou Jones
(November 3, 1905 – June 9, 1998)
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The Ascent of Ethiopia
Les Fetiches
The Artists from the
Harlem Renaissance ERA
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William Henry Johnson
(March 18, 1901–1970)
I Baptize Thee
Portrait of boy
Moon over Harlem
The Artists from the
Harlem Renaissance ERA
Jacob Lawrence
(September 7, 1917 – June 9, 2000)

The Great Migration Series
The Artists from the
Harlem Renaissance ERA
Archibald John Motley, Junior
(October 7, 1891 – January 16, 1981)
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Cocktails
Mending Socks The Artist's Grandmother
Black Belt