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The document provides background information on the Harlem Renaissance, which was a cultural movement centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the 1920s. It discusses how the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to northern cities contributed to the Harlem Renaissance. Prominent figures associated with the movement included painter Jacob Lawrence, poet Langston Hughes, and musicians Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong.
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The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement in the early 20th century where African American art, music, dance, and literature flourished. It originated in Harlem, New York in the 1920s as many African Americans migrated north during the Great Migration after World War 1. Notable writers included Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, while jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington gained popularity. The movement declined during the Great Depression as supporting organizations faced economic pressures.
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The document provides an overview of the arts and culture of the Roaring 1920s, focusing on the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz Age. It discusses several influential artists, writers, and musicians of the time period including Georgia O'Keeffe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Bessie Smith. The Harlem Renaissance saw African American artists draw upon their cultural heritage to establish themselves as forces for cultural change and influence American life.
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The document summarizes the cultural climate of the 1920s, known as the Jazz Age, and the Harlem Renaissance. It discusses the leaders and developments in art, literature, and music during these periods. In art, it mentions Georgia O'Keeffe and her urban scenes and later Southwest paintings. In literature, it discusses F. Scott Fitzgerald writing about the Jazz Age and John Steinbeck portraying migrant workers. In music, it discusses Aaron Copland's American style of composition and George Gershwin combining classical music with jazz in compositions like Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy and Bess. The Harlem Renaissance drew upon African American culture and influenced American life through artists like Jacob Lawrence chronicling the Great Migration
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The Harlem Renaissance was an artistic movement that took place in Harlem, New York in the 1920s-1930s. African American artists, writers, musicians and thinkers flourished in this period, creating works that explored themes of racial identity and black cultural heritage. Key figures included Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jacob Lawrence, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Billie Holiday, whose works in literature, visual art, music and jazz had a significant influence and helped redefine African American identity.
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The Harlem Renaissance was a period in the 1920s-1930s when African American writers, artists and musicians flourished. Many African Americans had migrated north to Harlem in New York from the South seeking better opportunities. Notable figures included Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Claude McKay who wrote poetry, fiction and plays exploring themes of black identity, alienation and the blues tradition. The Harlem Renaissance also saw a boom in jazz and blues music being performed in theaters like the Apollo.
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The Harlem Renaissance was a period in the 1920s-1930s when African American art, music, theater, and literature flourished. Many African Americans migrated north to cities like New York during the Great Migration, bringing their cultural traditions. Notable figures like Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Claude McKay gained recognition for their contributions to poetry, fiction, and other artistic works during the Harlem Renaissance. The period was characterized by themes of black identity, racial consciousness, and the integration of blues and jazz music styles into creative works.
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This document contains a summary of a college literature class. It discusses accidental vs incidental, introduces poems about rain blowing away papers, and sets the agenda to choose new discussion groups. It then provides a lecture on the Harlem Renaissance historical context between WWI and the Great Depression when black artists flourished. Specific details are given about the migration of African Americans to northern cities and their questioning of second-class status after fighting in WWI. Discussion questions are posed about Langston Hughes' poems "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "I, Too, Sing America". Groups then discuss connections between blues music and race in Hughes' poem "The Weary Blues". The document ends by introducing the works of Zora Neale
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The document discusses the Harlem Renaissance, which was a period in the 1920s and 1930s when Harlem, New York became a center of African American culture and art. It led to major developments in African American literature, music, dance, visual art, film, and political thought. Key events that influenced the Renaissance included the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to northern cities, the growth of an urban black middle class, and civil rights movements led by figures like W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey.
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The Harlem Renaissance was a period from 1918-1935 where Harlem, New York became a center of African American cultural creativity. As thousands of African Americans migrated north after World War I and the abolition of slavery, Harlem's nightclubs and theaters hosted legendary musicians like Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington, who helped establish jazz and blues as major American art forms. Though short-lived, the Harlem Renaissance had a profound and long-lasting influence on music and African American identity.
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The Harlem Renaissance had a huge cultural impact a century after the era. During the Renaissance, African American artists expressed themselves through literature, music, art and demanded civil rights, influencing mainstream culture for years. The migration of African Americans to northern cities like Harlem led to an explosion of black cultural expression through art, music, literature and activism. Nightclubs and organizations provided platforms for black musicians and writers to develop their careers and voices. The music, literature and art that emerged fought oppression and shaped how black identity and culture were viewed.
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The Harlem Renaissance was an African American cultural movement that took place in Harlem, New York in the 1920s-1930s. During this time, mainstream publishers and critics took African American literature seriously for the first time. African American writers and artists used their works to promote civil rights and racial equality. The movement declined during the Great Depression of the 1930s as organizations shifted focus and many influential figures left Harlem. However, the Harlem Renaissance had a lasting impact and inspired future generations of African American writers.
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- 3. Where is Harlem? The island of Manhattan New York City is on Manhattan island Neighborhoods
- 15. Langston Hughes Poet and Author Wrote poetry, short stories, novels, and plays. Known for his colorful, realistic portrayals of black life in America.
- 18. To hear Duke Ellington , click the link. Duke Ellington Composer/Conductor Jazz composer, conductor, and performer during the Harlem Renaissance
- 20. To hear Louis Armstrong , click the link. Louis Armstrong Composer/Trumpeter Composer and trumpet player during the Harlem Renaissance Widely recognized as a founding father of jazz
- 22. To hear Bessie Smith , click the link. Bessie Smith Jazz & Blues Singer Famous jazz and blues singer during the Harlem Renaissance Popular with both blacks and whites
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