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Harlem Renaissance-DBQ

Document A

1.) Examine painting #1 titled Campus Landscape by James Herring (1922). Describe the main theme (subject matter) of the painting.

2.) Discuss how the subject matter of the painting can give away details pertaining to the race, social class and life of this particular artist?

3.) Examine painting #2 titled The Janitor Who Paints by Palmer Hayden (1937). Describe the main theme (subject matter) of the painting.

4.) Discuss how the subject matter of the painting can give away details pertaining to the race, social class and life of this particular artist?

5.) Which of the following paintings can we infer might have sparked feelings of racial pride and cultural connections among those associated with the Harlem Renaissance?

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Document B

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Questions for Document B

1.) Based on the information contained within the primary source where is Harlem located?

2.) Based on the information contained within the primary source create a definition for the term Harlem Renaissance.

3.) Based on the information contained within the primary source identify the time period in which the Harlem Renaissance took place.

4.) Based on the information contained within the primary source identify the reason why so many African-Americans decided to move to Harlem between 1910 and 1930?

5.) Based on the information contained within the primary source what did W.E.B. DuBois think was the best way for African-American writers to show racial pride?

6.) Based on your answer to the pervious question which camp (“high art” or “folk art”) can we reasonably infer W.E.B. DuBois would most closely identify with?

7.) Based on the information contained in the primary source which camp (“high art” or “folk art”) can we reasonably infer Langston Hughes would most closely identify with?

8.) Define the following terms based on the information contained in the primary source:

Industrialized:

Great Migration:

Self-Sufficiency:

High Art:

Folk Art :

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Document C

Source: Color by Countee Cullen, (Excerpt, edited), 1925.

1.) Identify the title of this poem and describe what clues the name might give you regarding the subject matter of the poem?

2.) List and describe three examples of imagery (ex. The term “Copper Sun” is used to describe the bright shining effect of the sun) used in this poem.

3.) Based on the tone of the poem can we infer this writing is most likely an example of high art or folk art? *Explain your reasoning

4.) Identify the ways in which this poem expresses racial pride.

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Document D

Source: Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem by Helene Johnson, 1927.

1.) Identify the title of this poem and describe the subject matter of the poem.

2.) Discuss whether the author takes a positive or negative approach to the subject matter in their poem. *Provide one to two examples from the text to support your

3.) Based on the tone of the poem can we infer this writing is most likely an example of high art or folk art? *Explain your reasoning

4.) Examine the words located in the definition box. Are there any works that are brand new to you?

a. If so discuss how you could have figured out their word meaning had there not been a definition box.

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Document E

Source: God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (Edited) by James Weldon Johnson, 1927.

1.) Based on the information contained within the primary source what religion can we infer James Weldon Johnson most likely follows? *Explain your reasoning

2.) In the book of Genesis (contained in the King James Version of the Christian Bible), God says, “Let us make man in our image.” Examine the passage and site a few lines from the text that would provide justification for God’s decision to create new life.

3.) The term “mammy” is a southern term for an African-American servant. Why might the author use the analogy of a mammy to describe God? *Explain your reasoning

4.) Based on what we’ve learned regarding the sense of African-American cultural pride associated with the Harlem Renaissance please explain why this type of passage might be difficult for a person of Caucasian decent to relate to?

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Document F

Source: Fine Clothes to the Jew by Langston Hughes, 1927.

*Note-Blues is musical form created by African-Americans based on elements of spiritual or religious music,

and Southern plantation songs.

1.) Examine both poems and identify the word(s) that appears in both texts.

2.) Based on the note included please create your own definition for the term blues.

3.) What similarities can you identify between the two poems?

4.) Can you locate any misspelled words in this poem? If so why do you think Langston Hughes decided to spell the words this way?

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5.) Based on the tone of the poem can we infer this writing is most likely an example of high art or folk art? *Explain your reasoning