The Harlem Renaissance artistic, especially literary arts, movement occurring in NYC after WWI through the mid-1930’s probably found its impetus in Dubois’ The Souls of Black Folks and his idea of “twoness”
The Harlem Renaissance though short-lived, significant because Black artists dealt with Black life from a Black perspective
The Harlem Renaissance common themes included alienation, marginality, folklore, and the blues tradition
The Harlem Renaissance Some notable writers: Rudolph Fisher Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Claude McKay Jean Toomer Sterling Brown Countee Cullen James Weldon Johnson
The Harlem Renaissance Some notable musicians: Billie Holiday Duke Ellington Count Basie Louis Armstrong Fats Waller Jelly Roll Morton Josephine Baker Ella Fitzgerald
The Harlem Renaissance Some notable intellectuals: W. E. B. DuBois Alain Locke Charles Spurgeon Johnson Marcus Garvey Arthur Schomburg Booker T. Washington
The Harlem Renaissance Some notable artists: Jacob Lawrence Augusta Savage Archibald Motley Palmer Hayden Sargent Johnson Norman Lewis
The Harlem Renaissance Some notable places: Cotton Club Apollo Theater Savoy Ballroom