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The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance. 1911. 1920. 1930. The Harlem Renaissance Is …. The birth of African American culture in the Harlem neighborhood in New York. Centered around art, literature and music Meant to challenge racial stereotypes and bring awareness to growing civil rights issues. Causes.

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The Harlem Renaissance

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  1. The Harlem Renaissance

  2. 1911 • 1920 • 1930

  3. The Harlem Renaissance Is… • The birth of African American culture in the Harlem neighborhood in New York. • Centered around art, literature and music • Meant to challenge racial stereotypes and bring awareness to growing civil rights issues.

  4. Causes • What events and movements do you think may have helped lead to the Renaissance? • Great Migration: the movement of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from rural areas in the South to urban areas in both he North and South.

  5. Causes • Growing African American Middle Class: developed as a result of improved educational and employment opportunities for African Americans. • The Harlem section of New York became the center of this new African American class.

  6. Causes • Political Agenda For Civil Rights by African Americans: leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey and the NAACP helped to inspire racial pride in the middle and working class.

  7. The NAACP published The Crisis, a journal used to share the literary works of African Americans. • Du Bois believed that artistic and literary work could be used as a form of propaganda to help combat racial stereotypes and gain new respect for the race.

  8. Before • After • Impact • The Harlem section of New York City was transformed from a deteriorating area into a thriving middle class community.

  9. Modernism & the Harlem Renaissance Blacks view surge in art, music and literature as the creation of a new cultural identity. Whites see it as another new, exotic, and trendy form of entertainment.

  10. As Modern Artists look to “make it new” they turn to the “New Negro” arts movement.

  11. Jazz Shapes American Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MzU8xM99Uo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGmRKWJdwBc

  12. Differences in Artistic Vision • Dubois & Locke • “Thus all art is propaganda and ever must be despite the wailing of the purists.” • “The great social gain in this is the releasing of our talented group from the arid fields of controversy and debate to the productive fields of creative expression.” • Hughes & Hurston • “We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are glad. If they are not, it doesn’t matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.” • What do you believe was more important: fighting racial prejudice and stereotyping, or true personal expression?

  13. 1.Find a poem by Langston Hughes. He creates a visual image in each poem that is why he was so influential to the African American community. Try and interpret what the poem means based on what you know about the 1920s and the Harlem Renaissance. 2.Song representing your generation - you need to find a modern song that you feel represents your generation.

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