Harlem Renaissance Review

The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance

• Intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York.

• Turning point in black cultural history, where African Americans took control over the representation of their culture and experience.

• Impacted the America through art, literature, politics, and dance.

The driving force behind the Harlem Renaissance

• The Great Migration

• African American leaving the Jim Crow South in search of better opportunities and to start a new life.

Langston Hughes

• Author and Poet

• Famous during the Harlem Renaissance

• Works focused on the African American experience

Bessie Smith

• African American Female Blues Singer.

• My nickname is the “Empress of the Blues.”

• Became one of the highest paid African American singers of the Jazz Age

Duke Ellington

• Famous pianist, composer, conductor, and band leader at the height of Jazz and Big Band Music.

Louis Armstrong

• Jazz Musician and trumpet player

• Famous during the Harlem Renaissance

• Nicknamed “Satchmo”

Jacob Lawrence

• African American artist and painter.

• Painted a series about the Great Migration

Match

Match the following

• Blues singer

• Jazz musician - trumpet player

• Jazz musician - composer and conductor

• African American poet - The Ways of White Folks

• African American painter - The Great Migration

Bessie Smith 

Louis Armstrong 

Duke Ellington 

Langston Hughes 

Jacob Lawrence 

• Bessie Smith 

• Louis Armstrong 

• Duke Ellington 

• Langston Hughes 

• Jacob Lawrence 

Multiple Choice

The Harlem Renaissance had an impact on the US through...

• Radio, Talkies, and Advertisements

• television, satellite radio, and movie streaming services

• Women's Suffrage and the passage of the 19th Amendment

• Art, Literature, Music, Politics, and Dance

Multiple Choice

The driving force behind the Harlem Renaissance largely came from...

• newly arrived immigrants from Europe.

• African Americans who moved from the Jim Crow South to the North & Midwest to start new lives.

• captains of industry who had monopolies in various industries.

• Native Americans who were forced to live on reservations

Open Ended

Complete a 20 word GIST of the Harlem Renaissance.

(Remember it must be exactly 20 words!)