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“Your Eyes Go Here”
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HARLEM RENAISSANCE
American Literature
What was the Harlem
Renaissance?
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
After World War I, an increase in employment caused many African Americans from the southern states to migrate north. Many of which migrated to Harlem, New York. Many immigrants from the West Indies also migrated to Harlem.
An increase in outward racism (e.g. Jim Crow Laws, Lynching, Sundown Towns, KKK burnings, and Segregation) in the south caused many to move north.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
It occurred as a result of sacrifices made by men who served in World War I.
It confronted racial prejudices of Caucasian Americans.
African Americans wanted to express their desire for equality, and it was a time for them to reveal the injustices they experienced.
It was also a time in which African Americans across America created their voice in art, literature, music, and dance.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
The Harlem Renaissance was primarily a literary movement.
It was the first time that African American writing was taken seriously.
James Weldon Johnson coined the phrase “Harlem Renaissance.”
Why Harlem?
Primary Destination Headquarters of the N.U.L (National
Urban League), and the Headquarters for the N.A.A.C.P. (National
Organization for the Advancement of Colored People)
Harlem, New York
Harlem Renaissance
Artists Palmer Hayden
Hale Woodruff
Edward Burra
Aaron Douglas
John Henry Adams
Laura Wheeling Waring
Jacob Lawrence
Major Writers of the Harlem Renaissance Movement
Zora Neale Hurston Langston Hughes W.E.B. Dubois( Founder of the N.A.A.C.P) Marcus Garvey Alain Locke
Minor Writers of the Harlem Renaissance
Wallace Thurman George S. Schuyler Francis Hall Johnson Nella Larsen Augusta Savage Shirley Graham Jean Toomer
Harlem Renaissance Timeline
Http://www.si.umich.edu/Chico/Harlem/Timex/timeline.html
Contributions of the Harlem Renaissance Movement
It encouraged a new appreciation of African American culture..
Common themes begin to emerge: alienation, nonconformity, the use of folk material, the use of the blues tradition, the problems of writing for an elite audience.
The HR was more than just a literary movement: it included racial consciousness, "the back to Africa" movement led by Marcus Garvey, racial integration, the explosion of music particularly jazz, spirituals and blues, painting, dramatic revues, and others.
Works Cited
http://memory.loc.gov http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/harlem
/harlem.html http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/Harlem/tim
ex/timeline.html http://blackhistory.eb.com/
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