Harlem Renaissance
By: Trishi Malhotra1st honors
Late 1910’s- 1930’s, between the World
Wars and into the Great Depression.
Time Period
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned in the 1920’s-1930’s. Also known as the “New Negro Movement,” which consisted of
music, literature, art, and poetry.
Meaning
•The Harlem Renaissance was the beginning of jazz music•Jazz was created by African Americans in a racist world, but it was enjoyed by all who listened to it.
Music of the Period
A leader during the Harlem Renaissance who came up with the “ Back to Africa” campaignWhich encouraged African Americans to return to Africa and become reconnected with their heritage.
Marcus Garvey
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
An African American intellectual leader of the United
States. He graduated from Harvard University and was the first black American to earn a
doctorates degree from Harvard.
He wrote sixteen books of poems, two nomusicals and
operas, three autobiographies, a dozen
radio and television scripts and dozens of magazine
articlesvels, three collections of short stories, four volumes of editorial and documentary fiction, twenty plays, children's
poetry,.
Langston Hughes
Duke EllingtonApril 29, 1899 – May 24,
1974. Ellington was a composer, pianist, and a
band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000
compositions.
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Duke Ellington were some of the most famous musicians during that time.Together they composed thousands of songs that are still enjoyed today.
Artistic ImplicationsThe Harlem Renaissance
consisted of a “coming out” for African American’s artwork. Many became
famous this way. Also, some paintings are held for display
next to one of Picasso’s paintings.
Musical Implications
Many jazz singers and musicians rose to surface in Harlem during
this time. The Cotton Club became a meeting place for
many black Americans to dance, sing, and speak their poetry. This is also were “night life”
became popular.
Literature
The Harlem Renaissance consisted of many poetic people who expressed their
selves through literature.
Political ImplicationsHarlem became
known as the “hotbed” for many political debated
through its popularity.
Religious ImplicationsThe Harlem Renaissance
encouraged people to become very creative
and philosophical through its religious
creativity.
Social ImplicationsThe Harlem Renaissance forced the issue of racial
inequality and racial integration. African Americans freely
expressed themselves and celebrated their
black cultures.