The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement in the early 20th century where African American art, music, dance, and literature flourished. It began after World War 1 as many African Americans migrated north to cities like New York, settling in neighborhoods like Harlem. Notable writers included Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, while jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington gained popularity. The movement declined in the 1930s during the Great Depression as supporting organizations faced economic pressures.

1. The Harlem Renaissance

2. A movement of African-American culture in literature, dance, music, and art during 1919 – mid-1930s. Resulted from the Great Migration following the First World War, in which many African-Americans moved to Northern urban cities.

3. Originated in Harlem, New York City

4. Literature Harlem Renaissance was a primarily literary movement. This was the first time publishers and critics took African-American writing seriously. By Langston Hughes By Zora N. Hurston

5. Literature Writing related back to African-American’s roots in Africa. Writing included poetry, novels, and magazines. Described the reality of being racially discriminated against. By Sherwood Anderson

6. Langston Hughes : poet, novelist, short story writer, columnist. The Crisis : official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

7. Dance Swing dance became very popular in the Harlem Renaissance. Popular dance clubs: the Savoy Ballroom and the Cotton Club.

8. The Cotton Club Savoy Ballroom

9. Music Jazz and Blues became very popular. The Apollo Theatre was a venue where many musicians started their careers, including: Billie Holiday Ella Fitzgerald Sarah Vaughn

10. Jelly Roll Morton: Ragtime Pianist Louis Armstrong: Jazz Trumpeter and Singer Duke Ellington: Jazz Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader

11. Art Art at this time reflected African American daily life from many different perspectives. Artists made bold, stylized portraits of African American people. Some art inspired by jazz music of the time: Jeunesse by Palmer Hayden

12.  The Library by Jacob Lawrence

13. Drama Plays and shows rejected African American stereotypes by having black actors convey complex human emotions. An encyclopedia of African American Theatre by David Krasner

14. Theatre started with Three Plays for a Negro Theatre at the Chatham Garden Theatre in NYC. Acclaimed as “the most important single event in the entire history of the Negro in American Theatre” by James Weldon Johnson in 1917 Chatham Garden Theatre

15. Decline of Harlem Renaissance The Great Depression created economic pressure on organizations like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which was a main supporter of the renaissance.

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