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Harlem Renaissance Renaissance = rebirth
Harlem: neighborhood in Manhattan, NY; NE of Central Park; Primarily black-owned businesses and homes, relatively “free” lives Artists, poets/writers, jazz musicians…Jacob Lawrence, Nora Zeale Huston, Langston Hughes Cotton Club practiced segragation
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Langston Huges Harlem What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?
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Cotton Club
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Jacob Lawrence The Migration of the Negro
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Jacob Lawrence Confrontation at the Bridge
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Archibald John Motley, Jr Black Belt
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Aaron Douglas Shadows of Hope
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Palmer Hayden Jeunesse
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Aaron Douglas Emporer Jones
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Romare Howard Bearden Sunday Morning
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Malvin Gray Johnson Negro Soldier
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