1. The Legacy of Harlem
By: Aaliyah S. Wells

2. What Does Harlem Symbolize?
Harlem has brought together the negro of the North, the negro of the South, the man of the city, town, village, the peasant, the student, the business man, the professional man, artist, poet, musician, preacher and the criminal. It was a community of happiness.
The era of the Harlem Renaissance reversed some of the negative connotations attached to Africa.

3. CHARACTERISTICS OF HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Music
>>Duke Ellington
Jazz, Blues
Writers
>>Langston Hughes
>>Zora N. Hurston
New trend
>>colors, hats, heels, suits, alcohol, cigars, clubs
Talent
>>Theater, Dance
Migration
>>Increased population during
Crowded street in Harlem, New York

4. EDWARD K. [DUKE] ELLINGTON
Born April 29, 1899 in Washington, D.C
Gave music its own sound for the first time
Received nickname “Duke” from boyhood friend
Best known titles sold were “Sophisticated Lady”, “Solitude” “In a Mellotone” and “Mood Indigo”
Awards- President’s Gold Medal in 1966, Medal of Freedom in 1969, Pulitzer Prize, French Legion of Honor in 1973, U.S. commemorative stamp with image.

5. [JAMES] LANGSTON HUGHES
February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967
born in Joplin, Missouri
grew up insecure and unsure
1st pieces of verse was published in the Central High school magazine Monthly
1st volume of poetry The Weary Blues appeared in 1926
died on May 22, 1967 after having abdominal surgery

6. Langston Hughes Writing Style
poetry and prose is the idiom, the quality of black colloquial speech and the rhythms of jazz and blues
major themes in his work grow out of his personal life, his travels, his involvement in radical and protest movements, and his interest in Africa and South America

7. Zora Neale Hurston Born in Notasluga, Alabama
imagination was crazy as a child
in May of 1921 her 1st story John Redding Goes to Sea was posted in Howard Univ. literary magazine
January 1925 , she moved to New York City during the renaissance
1st novel Jonah’s Gourd Vine was published in 1934
in 1959 she suffered a stroke
died on January 18, 1960 and was buried in an unmarked grave in Florida.

8. Zora Neale Hurston Writing Style <<
book material revolves around issues of slavery
any time period following slavery
included her voodoo studies that she practiced