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The Legacy of Harlem By: Aaliyah S. Wells

What Does Harlem Symbolize? Harlem has brought together the negro of the North, the negro of the South, the man of the city, town, village, the peasant, the student, the business man, the professional man, artist, poet, musician, preacher and the criminal. It was a community of happiness. The era of the Harlem Renaissance reversed some of the negative connotations attached to Africa.

CHARACTERISTICS OF HARLEM RENAISSANCE Music >>Duke Ellington Jazz, Blues Writers >>Langston Hughes >>Zora N. Hurston New trend >>colors, hats, heels, suits, alcohol, cigars, clubs Talent >>Theater, Dance Migration >>Increased population during 1920-1927 Crowded street in Harlem, New York

EDWARD K. [DUKE] ELLINGTON Born April 29, 1899 in Washington, D.C Gave music its own sound for the first time Received nickname “Duke” from boyhood friend Best known titles sold were “Sophisticated Lady”, “Solitude” “In a Mellotone” and “Mood Indigo” Awards- President’s Gold Medal in 1966, Medal of Freedom in 1969, Pulitzer Prize, French Legion of Honor in 1973, U.S. commemorative stamp with image.

[JAMES] LANGSTON HUGHES February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967 born in Joplin, Missouri grew up insecure and unsure 1st pieces of verse was published in the Central High school magazine Monthly 1st volume of poetry The Weary Blues appeared in 1926 died on May 22, 1967 after having abdominal surgery

Langston Hughes Writing Style poetry and prose is the idiom, the quality of black colloquial speech and the rhythms of jazz and blues major themes in his work grow out of his personal life, his travels, his involvement in radical and protest movements, and his interest in Africa and South America

Zora Neale Hurston Born in Notasluga, Alabama imagination was crazy as a child in May of 1921 her 1st story John Redding Goes to Sea was posted in Howard Univ. literary magazine January 1925 , she moved to New York City during the renaissance 1st novel Jonah’s Gourd Vine was published in 1934 in 1959 she suffered a stroke died on January 18, 1960 and was buried in an unmarked grave in Florida.

Zora Neale Hurston Writing Style << book material revolves around issues of slavery any time period following slavery included her voodoo studies that she practiced