HARLEM RENAISSANCEThe Roaring 20s

Generic Overview…• Renaissance means “rebirth” in Italian

• Harlem Renaissance: An African American cultural movement in Harlem, New York from the 1920s – 1930s.

• This movement is largely defined by arts, culture, music, literature, etc.

Analyzing Culture Through Art SampleEdward Hopper, Automat, 1927

**Not a Harlem Renaissance Painter**

Palmer Hayden, Jeunesse, abt. 1927

William H. Johnson, Chain Gang

William H. Johnson

Cafe

Aaron Douglas, Into Bondage

Archibald J. Motley Jr., Blues

Romare Bearden, Jammin’ at the Savoy

Langston Hughes, “I, Too”I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,But I laugh,And eat well,And grow strong.

Tomorrow,I'll be at the tableWhen company comes.Nobody'll dareSay to me,"Eat in the kitchen,"Then.

Besides,They'll see how beautiful I amAnd be ashamed--

I, too, am America.

Palmer Hayden, Front Stoop

Photo circa 1920s Harlem

Augusta Savage

Gamin

Your assignment• Describe the Harlem Renaissance in your own words,

making direct connections to the arts used in class. For further help, you should reference Chapter 17 of your book.

• Do not look at the works individually, but rather as a whole. What did the Harlem Renaissance depict?