1. Period 2, 5, & 6
We will examine the Harlem Renaissance and its impact on America in the 1920’s.
Harlem Renaissance Chart
Music from Harlem Renaissance
20s Clip
Langston Hughes

2. Harlem Renaissance Chart Complete the chart by listing the various artists in the appropriate column. Include their achievements.
Literature
Performance/ Art
Music
Bessie Smith: Blues Singer

3. Chapter 13.4 The Great Migration
Lasted from
Thousands of African Americans left the South
Moved North in order to find work
5.2 million African Americans were living in cities
Increase of blacks in cities led to 25 urban race riots

6. NAACP – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Fought for civil rights
Fought against lynching
Marcus Garvey
Promoted black businesses
Return to Africa to overthrow oppressors

8. African American Writers
Harlem Renaissance
Literary and artistic movement celebrating African Americans
African American Writers
Claude McKay urged blacks to resist prejudice and discrimination
Langston Hughes focused on the difficult times of working-class blacks

10. African American Musicians
Louis Armstrong – trumpet player who became the most well known musician
“Duke” Ellington – Pianist and composer who wrote his first song at age 15
Bessie Smith – Jazz vocalist who became the highest paid black artist in the world

15. Langston Hughes Primary Source
Why didn’t blacks living in Harlem like places like the Cotton Club?
What problem did blacks have with whites coming into Harlem?
Give three examples that Hughes uses to explain how blacks were in vogue during the 1920’s.

16. Langston Hughes Primary Source
Why didn’t blacks living in Harlem like places like the Cotton Club?
What problem did blacks have with whites coming into Harlem?
Give three examples that Hughes uses to explain how blacks were in vogue during the 1920’s.