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.