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The Harlem Renaissance: African-American Pop. Culture Spreads

The Harlem Renaissance: African-American Pop. Culture Spreads. Changes for African Americans. ● Great Migration ( 1910-1920): Thousands of African Americans move N to big cities. Renaissance Developes in Harlem, NY. ● Harlem Renaissance : a literary and

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The Harlem Renaissance: African-American Pop. Culture Spreads

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  1. The Harlem Renaissance: African-American Pop. Culture Spreads

  2. Changes for African Americans ● GreatMigration (1910-1920): Thousands of African Americans move N to big cities

  3. Renaissance Developes in Harlem, NY ● Harlem Renaissance: a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture ● Many famous writers, artists, and musicians

  4. Writers of the Harlem Renaissance ● Langston Hughes -- poems described difficult lives of working-class African Amer.’s ●Zora Neale Hurston -- literary work focused on lives of poor, unschooled Southern African Amer.’s

  5. Musicians of the Harlem Renaissance ● Jazz Music “migrates” north, settles in Chicago ● Louis Armstrong -- introduced improvised solo -- considered the most influential musician to Jazz music ● Duke Ellington -- jazz pianist & composer, led 10-piece orchestra at the Cotton Club in Harlem, NY ● Bessie Smith -- blues singer -- 1927: highest paid black artist in the world

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