1. The Rebirth Harlem Renaissance

2. Description The Harlem Renaissance is the Rebirth of Harlem in the 1920’s. It was a time for entertainment, music, poetry and dancing.

3. Langston Hughes

4. Profile • Langston Hughes was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1902. • Hughes started writing poems at an early age expressing his feelings he had towards the world. • Langston Hughes is famous because he was a well known poet in New York City, predominately Harlem.

5. Continued • Langston Hughes’ life and work he did was enormously important in shaping artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance. • People of Harlem and all over the United States related to Langston because he told stories of people in ways that reflected their culture. • Langston Hughes passed away in 1966 because of complications of prostate cancer.

6. “Dreams” Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

7. Poetic Devices • Device from the poem: Rhyme • Line from the Poem: “For if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. • This is a rhyme because the words fly and die rhyme.

8. More Poetic Devices • Device from the poem: Symbolism • Line from the poem: “Life is a barren field frozen with snow.” • This is symbolism because it symbolizes if you don’t have dreams, the world is a much harder place and in the end… you’re left cold and alone in life.

9. More Info About the Ren. • Another key topic during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920’s was the invasion of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in the United States. • The KKK is a white supremacist group that targets groups such as Jews, Blacks and any groups that is not the same as the Klan members.

10. The Klan