O.A. Please read pages 458-459 and answer the following questions: Why might the nation’s large cities have been a magnet for many writers of the time? How does the scene that Fitzgerald describes capture the essence of the Roaring Twenties? What double meanings are conveyed in the language of the poems of Millay and Hughes?

Changing ones attitude & perspective on life Harlem Renaissance Changing ones attitude & perspective on life

The Harlem Renaissance was - A literary & artistic movement celebrating African-American culture African Americans migrated north from the south Expressed a changing attitude among themselves

Goal Setting NAACP expanded – protested racial violence such as lynching UNIA founded – awakened pride, economic interdependence, and reverence for Africa

Celebrated African American culture through - Writers – Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston Performers – Paul Robeson, Ethel Waters Music – Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong