The Harlem Renaisssance

The Harlem Renaissance

·         Harlem was the core of the Harlem Renaissance.

·         The Harlem Renaissance were in the 1920’s and early 30’s.

·         The Harlem Renaissance was an African American cultural movement.

·         The Harlem Renaissance was a advancement of African American literature, art, theatre, music and politics.

·         The Harlem Renaissance was also known as the New Negro Movement.

·         It began a surge of African American cultural pride.

·         The Great Depression was one of the factors that brought the Harlem Renaissance to a close.

·         It opened up opportunities in the publishing world for African American writers.

·         It expanded the popularity of Jazz and Blues music in America.

·         The NAACP help to start the Harlem Renaissance.

Wintz, Cary DeCordova. "Harlem Renaissance." Microsoft® Student 2009 [DVD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2008.

Langston Hughes

·         Langston Hughes lived from 1902-1967.

·         He published his first poem in 1921.

·         He published his first compendium of poems in 1926 with the help of Vachel Lindsay

·         Most of his poems were free verse

·         He lived in Missouri, Paris, Washington DC, Madrid, and New York among other places.

·         "Langston Hughes." Microsoft® Student 2009 [DVD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2008.

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Claude McKay

·         Lived from 1890 -1948.

·         Was originally from Jamaica, but moved to the US.

·         He was a writer, and published his first book in 1928.

·         His books were about black life in America.

·         Six years before he died he became Catholic and changed his entire life philosophy.

·         "Claude McKay." Microsoft® Student 2009 [DVD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2008.

Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Countee Cullen

·         Lived from 1903-1946.

·         He was a writer who wrote plays, novels, and poems; and was also a teacher.

·         He was an orphan and never knew where he was born.

·         He wrote many poems, but only one novel.

·         He taught at a black middle school.

"Countee Cullen." Microsoft® Student 2009 [DVD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2008.

   

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