Values Beliefs Emphases Writing Harlem Renaissance Values Beliefs Emphases Writing
Modernism: Values Optimism about the future: Faith in a future for racial Equality
Beliefs: A group of musicians, playwrights, poets, politicians, intellectuals, etc. Relocated in New York Included Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, Marcus Garvey, W.E. B. Du Bois
Emphases: Poetry Metered Verse Rhyming Themes found Power Struggle between races “Black is Beautiful” Community Strength City Life
Writing Poetry Novels Short Stories Drama Music influenced Claude McKay- The White City Langston Hughes- Cross, A Dream Deferred Novels Claude McKay- Home to Harlem Short Stories Drama Zora Neale Hurston- Color Struck