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The Harlem Renaissance: Cultural Revival of the 1920s

Explore the vibrant era of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, a time of creativity and expression for African Americans in NYC. Discover the literary movement and influential authors who shaped the era.

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The Harlem Renaissance: Cultural Revival of the 1920s

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  1. The Harlem Renaissance 1920’s

  2. The Great Migration • Millions of black farmers and sharecroppers move to the urban North in search of opportunity and freedom from oppression. • Many settled in Harlem, NYC. • Harlem attracted worldly African Americans who nurtured each other’s artistic, musical, and literary talents. • This became known as the Harlem Renaissance.

  3. The Literary Movement • Authors looked inward and expressed what it meant to be black in a white-dominated world. • They represented what came to be called “The New Negro,” a sophisticated and well-educated African American. • The Harlem Renaissance was brought to a premature end by the Great Depression, when many writers had to take other jobs to survive.

  4. Authors • Langston Hughes – Poet: The Weary Blues • W.E.B. Du Bois- Activist and Writer • Zora Neale Hurston- Novelist: Their Eyes Were Watching God • Other Poets: Countee Cullen, Jean Toomer, Arna Bontemps, Claude McKay, James Weldon Johnson.

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