Harlem RenaissanceMr. P. Dunn

Writers and Poets In the following two slides, we will discuss

the writers of Harlem. You will notice one thing in common with all the authors.

Male Harlem AuthorsClaude McKay

1889-1948

Jamaica, West Indies

Poetry and Novels:

Life in Harlem,

Racial Prejudice

Harlem Dancer

Invocation (1917)

Langston Hughes

1902-1967

Joplin, Missouri

POETRY:

Black Music, racial affirmation, and racial

protest

The Negro Speaks of Rivers

Dream Deferred

(Harlem)

Arna Bontemps 1902-1973

Louisiana

Poetry and Novels:

African American life,

Racial Protest,

African American rights

St. Louis Woman,

Story of the Negro,

The book of Negro Folklore,

Jean Toomer

1894-1967

Washington, D.C.

POETRY:

Racial Affrimation

Racial Protest

People

Cotton song

Song of the Son

Female Harlem authors Ida B. Wells

1862-1931

Holly Springs, Miss.

Novels

Segregation

White Rights

Lynch Law in All Its Phases

On Lynchings,

Mob Rule in New Orleans

Angelina Weld

Grimke

1880-1958

Boston, Mass.

Poet and Novelist

American Life

Abolition

Segregation

The Crisis

Opportunity

The New Negro

Ann Lane Petry

1908-1997

Old Saybrook, Conn.

Writer

Segregation

Racial Prejudice

Like a Winding Sheet

The Street

Country Place

The Narrows

Nella Larsen

1891-1964

Chicago, IL

Writer

Her Life

Love

Black segregation

Sanctuary

Mrs. Adis

Quicksand

Passing

Enslaved by Claude McKay OH when I think of my long-suffering race, For weary centuries despised, oppressed, Enslaved and lynched, denied a human

place In the great life line of the Christian West; And in the Black Land disinherited, Robbed in the ancient country of its birth, My heart grows sick with hate, becomes as

lead, For this my race that has no home on earth. Then from the dark depths of my soul I cry To the avenging angel to consume The white man's world of wonders utterly: Let it be swallowed up in earth's vast

womb, Or upward roll as sacrificial smoke To liberate my people from its yoke!

Claude McKay

In this poem, McKay is describing what his ancestors went through. He describes how that wretched white man has control over all the black race.

McKay makes sure you get the point when he talks about racial prejudice. He talks about the white man’s world of wonders getting swallowed by the earth’s womb.

McKay tells that black people have no home on earth, so he wants the white man to die. He wants his people to be free and be liberated from the earth’s yoke.

Artists of Harlem In the next slide, we will talk about the

famous artists of the Harlem Renaissance.

Harlem Renaissance Artists Aaron Douglas

1898-1979

Topeka, Kansas

Painter

Negro Philosophy

Spiritual Identity

Works

Power Plant, Harlem

Song of the Towers

Into Bondage

Jacob Lawrence

1917-2000

Atlantic City, NJ

PainterAfrican American History

Haitian Revolution

WorksBrown Stones

Theatre

Toussaint l’Ouverture

Henry Bannarn

1910-1965

Hughes County, OK

Sculptor/ Painter

Free sketch portraits

Human sculpting

Watercolor paintings

WorksCirca

Harlem Musicians In this last slide, we will talk about the

musicians. They are all jazz artists who’s music many people enjoy today.

Harlem Renaissance MusiciansLouis Armstrong

1901-1971

New Orleans, LA

Musician

Jazz/Pop

Potato Head Blues

Muggles

Weatherbird duet

West End Blues

Duke Ellington

1899-1974

Washington, D.C.

Musician

Jazz

Jeep’s Blues

Concerto for Cootie

The Mooche

Louis Russell

1902-1963

Bocas del Toro, Panama

Pianist and Bandleader

Jazz

Boogie in the Basement

After Hour Creep

Case On Dawn

Conclusion Page In this project, I learned that there were hundreds of African

Americans doing what they can to keep their heritage alive. Whether it be painting, sculpting, or writing, they made their difference any way they could. They all showed how to be proud of their heritage. The Harlem Renaissance lives on today in our history books as being one of the most influential times where African Americans stood up for what they knew was right.

Paul Dunn

Image Bibliography Claude McKay: http://www.uta.edu/english/tim/poetry/cmck/mckay.jpg Arna Bontemps: http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/images/bontemps_arna.jpg Jean Toomer: www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/toomer/jean-toomer.html Ida B. Wells-Barnett: http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/wells-barnett_ida/wells-

barnettold.jpg sunsite.utk.edu/delaney/beauford.htm http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/douglas_aaron.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Weld_Grimke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nella_Larsen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bannarn Enslaved by Claude McKay (poem)-

http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/mckay02.html#22