Harlem+Reniassance

The Harlem Renaissance 1920s – 1930s By Emma Madura and Molly Grace   Information

Harlem Renaissance Important People  Writers/Poets  ·  Langston Hughes ·  Zora Neale Hurston- wrote stories, novels, anthropological folklore and an autobiography ·  Claude McKay- Publishes "If We Must Die" · Alain Locke- wrote The New Negro
 * The Harlem Renaissance took place in the 1920’s, and lasted through the late 1930’s
 * It was an African American cultural movement that was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
 * The first time that publishers and critics took African American literature seriously
 * Also the first time that African American literature and arts attracted significant attention from the nation at large
 * The Movement began because many African Americans were moving to the North from the South, and there was the formation of an African American middle class
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The Cotton Club was a very popular night club during the Harlem Renaissance- it was in Harlem, but the majority of people that addended it were white, because they wanted to participate in this new American movement.


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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Times New Roman; msobidifontweight: bold; msobidifontstyle: italic;"> Musicians - Louis Armstrong - Eubie Blake - Bob Cole -J. Rosamond Johnson <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 15.5pt; font-family: MS Reference Sans Serif; msobidifontweight: bold;">W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963), black American historian and sociologist, who conducted the initial research on the black experience in the United States. His work paved the way for the [|civil rights], Pan-African, and [|Black Power] movements in the United States. He was also a member of the NAACP Du Bois urged African Americans to come together and start businesses and industries that would allow them to advance themselves economically. Links [] [|Harlem renaissance] [=harlem renaissance &hl= en&emb=0&dur=1]

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