Cindy Aguilar Gerrado Velazques Quandineau Woods Harlem Renaissance Cindy Aguilar Gerrado Velazques Quandineau Woods
Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance was at Harlem, New York City. Harlem had a huge population of African Americans and it became a home for African American Awakening. Much so that Harlem became a cultural center , it lead a lot of African to perused literacy such as poetry, Artwork and music .
Artwork Artwork became a huge influence and a hobby that some African Americans did in the 1920s, and also to express themselves in paintings. One of the famous artist was Aaron Douglas
Aaron Douglas (1898- 1979) Born In Kansas Received a B. A in art from the University of Nebraska. Aaron express the life and times of Harlem Renaissance through his paintings. Was called “Dean of African American painters”
Aaron Douglas Painting on music
Music Jazz was the music that was everywhere in the 1920. People enjoyed dancing to this non traditional music. Ragtime was another type of music that was in the Harlem Renaissance era.
Duke Ellington(1899–1974) Born in Washington D.C on April 29 1899. At age seven Duke Ellington started to play the piano. In 1923, Duke moved to New York where he played at the Cotton Club for many years, and profound a new music called jazz He was one of the founding fathers of jazz.
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Josephine Baker(1906-1975) Born in East St. Louis, Illinois on June 3, 1906. Josephine was like no other dancer at that era of the 1920s, she very exotic in her dance. Josephine went to Paris where she perform at Folies Borgero. She was very successful in Europe and live her life there, Josephine never perform at clubs that were segregated .
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