The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance The Music The Harlem Renaissance Bessie Smith Cab Calloway “The Empress of Jazz” “The King of Swing” 1894-1935 1907-1994

The Harlem Renaissance The Music The Harlem Renaissance Duke Ellington Louis Armstrong “The Duke” “Satchmo” 1899-1974 1901-1971

The Harlem Renaissance The Writers The Harlem Renaissance December 1919 Last night I heard your voice, mother, The words you sang to me When I, a little barefoot boy, Knelt down against your knee, And tears gushed form my heart, mother, And passed beyond its wall, But though the fountain reached my throat The drops refused to fall. ‘Tis ten years since you died, mother, Just ten dark years of pain, And oh, I only wish that I Could weep just once again. Claude McKay 1889-1948

The Harlem Renaissance The Writers The Harlem Renaissance Zora Neale Hurston 1903-1960

The Harlem Renaissance The Writers The Harlem Renaissance The Wise Dead men are wisest, for they know How far the roots of flowers go, How long a seed must rot to grow. Dead men alone bear frost and rain On throbless heart and heatless brain, And feel no stir of joy or pain. Dead men alone are satiate; They sleep and dream and have no weight, To curb their rest, of love or hate. Strange, men should flee their company, Or think me strange who long to be Wrapped in their cool immunity. Langston Hughes 1902-1967

The Harlem Renaissance On Stage The Harlem Renaissance Josephine Baker Paul Robeson 1906-1975 1898-1976

The Harlem Renaissance Politics The Harlem Renaissance Co-Founder of N.A.A.C.P. Founder of UNIA W.E.B. Du Bois Marcus Garvey 1868-1963 1887-1940 “Back to Africa Movement”