Harlem Renaissance History & Art

Harlem

Renaissance!History & Art

Harlem through the Eyes of

James Van Der Zee

History The Great Migration

The Great Migration-

Escaping Jim Crow Laws

* Black people weren’t allowed to vote

- Poll Taxes

- Literacy /Comprehension Tests

- Grandfather Clauses

* Black people were segregated.

-Had different schools than white people

-Weren’t allowed to sit in the same places at

restaurants, buses, etc.

Jim Crow Bluesby Charles Davenport

I'm tired of being Jim Crowed, gonna’ leave this Jim Crow town,

Doggone my black soul, I'm sweet Chicago bound,

Yes, Sir, I'm leavin' here, from this ole Jim Crow town.

I'm going up North, where they think money grows on trees,

I don't give a doggone, if ma black soul should freeze

I'm goin' where I don't need no B.V.D.s.

Jacob Lawrence

The Migration of the Negro

Jacob Lawrence

Self-Portrait

http://www.whitney.org/jacoblawrence/art/self_portrait.html

Aaron Douglas

Augusta Savage

The Harp