ERIC STRUBHAR & TYSSON OLVERSON

How Did Music And Poetry Influence The Harlem

Renaissance?

Claude McKay

Festus Claudius McKay

Born Sept. 15, 1890Grew up in JamaicaCame to America in

1912Moved to New York in

1914

“If We Must Die”

Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy Ellington

Born April 29,1899Earned the nickname

Duke from acting like a gentleman

Raised as middle class in Washington, D.C

“Take The A Train”

Stevie Wonder

Steveland MorrisBorn May 13, 1950Saginaw, Michigan Born BlindSongwriter, Pianist,

Singer

“I Wish – Isn’t She Lovely”

Works Cited

ASSMGMS, prod. “Stevie Wonder I wish – Isn’t she lovely” Youtube. Youtube, 11

July, 2009. Web. 15 March, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=x9gXgiHSskk

“Claude McKay.” The Biography Channel website. 2013. Web. 11 March, 2013.

http://www.biography.com/people/claude-mckay-9392654

“Duke Ellington.” The Biography Channel website. 2013. Web. 11 March, 2013.

http://www.biography.com/people/duke-ellington-9286338

“Duke Ellington Biography” The Official Site of Jazz Legend: Duke Ellington.

2008. Web. 11 March, 2013. http://www.dukeellington.com/ellingtonbio.html

Works Cited (cont.)

"Google Images." Google Images. 15 March, 2013. http://images.google.com/

mistacramer, prod. “ “If We Must Die” by Claude McKay” Youtube. Youtube, 1

November, 2011. Web. 15 March, 2013.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdea3c-6Ghg

Morrisoncoursevids, prod. “Duke Ellington, “Take the A Train”” Youtube.

Youtube, 8 October, 2008. Web. 15 March, 2013.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY

“Stevie Wonder.” The Biography Channel website. 2013. Web. 15 March,

2013. http://www.biography.com/people/stevie-wonder-9536078

Works Cited (cont.)

“Who is Claude McKay: Civil Rights Activist” YAHOO! 16 March, 2007. Web. 12 March, 2013. http://voices.yahoo.com/who-claude-mckay-civil-rights-activists- 237352.html