Bellwork: Monday 4/18/16 1. Before discovering rice as a cash crop, what were the four things the Carolina colony did early on to make money? 2. What term is this picture describing?
Southern Literary Renaissance/The Harlem Renaissance
Stupid Hicks After WWI, the south was referred to as a cultural wasteland Criticized as “creating nothing of artistic value” They wrote only of the old south
In Response… The southern literary renaissance began
Key Aspects of the Southern Literary Renaissance Julia Peterkin Wrote Scarlet Sister Mary……a Pulitzer prize winning novel of 1928 about African American characters
Archibald Rutledge Wrote nature themed poems, essays and books
Poetry Society of South Carolina Brought national attention to SC’s poets, novelists and writers
DuBose Heyward Wrote novel Porgy (later turned in to an opera)
SC also contributed to the arts through the Harlem Renaissance.
Harlem Renaissance A “rebirth” of African American centered cultural arts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjOhNUFlI4Y
Result of… The “Great Migration”….African Americans moving from the South to the Northern cities Push factors – Jim Crow/Violence/poverty Pull Factors – Jobs in industries/new opportunities
“The Great Migration”
“The Great Migration”
Examples of the Harlem Renaissance… Visual art – William H. Johnson from Florence, SC. Vibrant splashes of color – capture the mood of jazz bands, dance halls and emotion of “roaring 20’s” Later in career, traveled to Europe and studied the masters
Literature Langston Hughes and James Weldon Johnson Celebrated ties to African cultural traditions and black pride Questioned the position of African Americans in American society.
Langston Hughes
I, Too I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-- I, too, am America.
James Weldon Johnson
Music Spread by new technology…radio
Jazz http://www.schooltube.com/video/cf96e65f5b23272ae3a9/Harlem%20R enaissance http://www.schooltube.com/video/da5afb547587515d9796/Ken%20Burn s'%20JAZZ%20Intro
Opera Porgy and Bess http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7410516n
Dance The Big Apple Originated from Columbia, SC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgKMfexdPQ