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Harlem Renaissance 1917 - 1935

Harlem Renaissance 1917 - 1935. Renaissance – definition . Where was the Harlem Renaissance?. New York. What was the Harlem Renaissance? What was the Harlem Renaissance?. The name given to an artistic movement in Harlem at the end of WWI through middle of 1930s.

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Harlem Renaissance 1917 - 1935

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  1. Harlem Renaissance 1917 - 1935 Renaissance – definition

  2. Where was the Harlem Renaissance? New York

  3. What was the Harlem Renaissance?What was the Harlem Renaissance? • The name given to an artistic movement in Harlem at the end of WWI through middle of 1930s. • Became a center for black writers, musicians, poets, artists, photographers, and scholars to express themselves freely.

  4. Key People of the Harlem Renaissance Paul Robeson – All-American athlete and multi-talented artist. Voice of political activism Louis Armstrong– What a Wonderful World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nGKqH26xlg

  5. First draft of Langston Hughes’ “Ballad of Booker T”. Langston Hughes - Poet and writer. He gave an insider’s view to black American life

  6. Marian Anderson on the steps of Lincoln Memorial My Country ‘Tis of Thee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAONYTMf2pk Marian Anderson - Singer

  7. Why did the Harlem Renaissance happen? • Migration of southern blacks From 1900 – 1970 An estimated 5 million blacks migrated from the South Thousands of black Americans left the South to escape sharecropping, poor economic conditions, and lynch mobs.

  8. What was it like to be in Harlem Renaissance?

  9. What was the importance of the Harlem Renaissance? • Escaped racial prejudice of the south • Racial pride • Began a civil and political rights movement for black Americans

  10. Sources • Distribution of Black Population Map http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam008.html • Harlem During the Renaissance http://www.longwharf.org/aint-misbehavin-hot-spots-harlem • Harlem Renaissance http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_harlem.html • Langston Hughes “Ballad of Booker T” http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/024)) • Langston Hughes http://www.biography.com/people/langston-hughes-Langston Hughes http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/94506949/ • Louis Armstrong http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wghtml/wghome.html • Marian Anderson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAONYTMf2pk • Marian Anderson http://www.loc.gov/pictures/ item/2004662516/ • Paul Robeson http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/079_vanv.html)

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