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Harlem Renaissance Influential Figures

Harlem Renaissance Influential Figures

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Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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Corey Rinella

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Harlem Renaissance Influential Figures

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG

  • American trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor 

  • among the most influential figures in jazz

  • brought together many black and white audiences to watch him perform

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Langston Hughes

  • American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist

  • Central figure in the Harlem Renaissance

  • He sought to honestly portray the joys and hardships of working-class black lives

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BESSIE SMITH

  • American blues singer 

  • Considered one of the best of her time

  • Set the blue print for future female R&B singers

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CLAUDE MCKAY

  • AJamaican writer and poet, and was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance.

  • literary voice for social justice

  • He worked with the Universal Negro Improvement Association

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What do you believe the meaning was behind this Claude McKay poem?

Harlem Renaissance Influential Figures

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