HARLEM RENAISSANCE

PREDICTIONS TO START
WHAT WAS IT?
WHAT DO YOU THINK
STARTED IT?
WHERE WAS IT?
WHO WAS INVOLVED?

THE YOUNGER GENERATION COMES,

BRINGING ITS GIFTS. THEY ARE THE FIRST
FRUITS OF THE NEGRO RENAISSANCE.
YOUTH SPEAKS, AND THE VOICE OF THE
NEW NEGRO IS HEARD.
Alain LeRoy Locke

ALAIN LEROY LOCKE

Philosopher best known for his
writing on and support of the
Harlem Renaissance.
Locke graduated from Harvard
University and was the first African
American to win a prestigious
Rhodes Scholarship. He
subsequently received a doctorate
in philosophy from Harvard and
taught at Howard University. Locke
publicized the Harlem Renaissance
to a wide audience.

EXCERPT FROM
THE NEW
NEGRO ESSAY
READ AND ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS ON THE
WORKSHEET

From the History Channel

http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/vi
deos/the-harlem-renaissance

Focus questions
1. According to the documentary, it
was the first time African Americans
experienced recognition, for what?
2. What was the purpose of the Harlem
Renaissance?
3. What important geographical and
social influences brought about the
movement?
4. Who was the audience of this new
entertainment and art?
5. Name some of the writers of the
movement?
6. What does the documentary suggest
the movement did for African

MUSIC

DUKE ELLINGTON

https://youtu.be/cb2w2m1JmCY

LOUIS ARMSTRONG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IJzYAda1wA

DIZZY
GILLESPIE

NAT KING COLE

CHARLIE
PARKER

While listening (to link below)-

1. The Harlem
Renaissance wasnt as
liberal as we may
assume. What was
contradictory about the
club?
2. Who were the
employees?
3. What about the profile
of the audience?
4. What positive and
negative outcomes did
the club contribute to
for African Americans?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=fdDsBg_p1v8&list=PLXldQh4GNWj9t03zp6ghFKJQuPBHKL8D

ART

AARON DOUGLAS

Study of a Negro Artist

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/tra
nscoded/5/53/Study_of_negro_artists.ogv/Study_of_n
egro_artists.ogv.360p.webm

What do you see in this painting?

What is your impression?
What do you think are the themes
and major ideas in the painting?

AUGUSTA SAVAGE

DANCE

LITERATURE

LANGSTON HUGHES

By the pale dull pallor of an old gaslight

He did a lazy sway ....
He did a lazy sway ....
To the tune o' those Weary Blues.
With his ebony hands on each ivory key
He made that poor piano moan with melody.
O Blues!
(Extract from The Weary Blues)

ZORA HURSTON

POLITICS AND WRITERS

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MARCUS GARVEYBACK TO AFRICA

WILLIAM EDWARD
BURGHARDT
(W.E.B) DU BOIS

WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY AT HOME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhm8wQvQZeo