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Guided Notes: The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance: 1919-________

The Harlem Renaissance was a flowering of _____________________ social thought which

was expressed through
o Paintings
o ______________
o Dance
o ______________
o ______________

Where was the Harlem Renaissance centered?

o Centered in the Harlem district of ____________________, the New Negro
Movement (as it was called at the time) had a major influence across the
Unites States and even the ________________.
The Great Migration
o The Great Migration, or the relocation of more than _________________ African
Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West
from ___________ to ____________, had a huge impact on urban life in the United
States.
o As Chicago, New York and other cities saw their black populations
______________________ exponentially, migrants were forced to deal
_______________________ and ___________________________________, as well as
widespread _______________ and ___________________.
o African Americans began to build a new place for themselves in public life,
actively confronting ____________, ______________ and ___________ challenges and
creating a new black urban ______________ that would exert enormous
________________ in the decades to come.
How does the Harlem Renaissance connect to the Great Migration?
o In New York and other cities, ___________________________________began a new era
of increasing political activism among African Americans, who after being
________________________ in the South found a new place for themselves in public
life in the cities of the _____________ and _________________.
o _________, writers, and ________________ began to use their talents to work for
civil rights and obtain _______________.
How did it impact history?
o The Harlem Renaissance helped to redefine how Americans and the world
understood ___________________________ culture. It integrated _____________ and
_____________ cultures, and marked the beginning of a black urban society.
o The Harlem Renaissance set the stage for the _______________________________ of
the 1950s and 60s.
Whom do we associate with the Harlem Renaissance?
o Artists such as ________________________
o Authors such as ________________________

o Musicians such as _______________________, ____________________, and

____________________________
Jacob Lawrence
o Jacob Lawrence grew up in a ________________________ house in ________________
during the Harlem Renaissance
o Lawrence's parents were among those who migrated between 1916-1919,
considered the ______________________ of the migration.
o His own life in Harlem and ________________________________________________________
inspired his earliest work
o Jacob Lawrence painted his _______________________________ series during the
1940s to capture the experience of African Americans during the
_______________
Langston Hughes
o Hughes is known for his ______________________, colorful,
___________________________________ portrayals of black life in America.
o He wrote _______________, ________________________, ________________, and
_________________, and is known for his involvement with the world of jazz and
the influence it had on his writing.
o His life and work were enormously important in shaping the
__________________________________ of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s.
o He wanted to tell the stories of his people in ways that reflected their
________________________, including both their _____________ and their
___________________, laughter, and _______________________.
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
o Written when Hughes was only ___________
o The tone of the poem is _______________________________
o The poems intent is to
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
o The poems audience is likely
________________________________________________________________________
o Two things this poem indicates about life in the US
1.
2.
I, too, sing America
o The poems intent is to
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
o The poems audience is likely
________________________________________________________________________
o Two things this poem indicates about life in the US
1.
2.
Zora Neale Hurston
o Famous _____________________

o Studied and wrote about the _______________ behind African American culture
o How It Feels to be Colored Me
o Their Eyes Were Watching God
Duke Ellington
o Ellington was a _________________________, ___________________, and __________________
during the Harlem Renaissance.
o During the formative _______________________ years, he experimented with and
developed the style that would quickly bring him worldwide success.
Ellington would be among the first to focus on ________________________ and
________________________ in jazz.
o Ellington wrote over ___________ pieces in his lifetime.
The Cotton Club
o The Duke Ellington Orchestra was the "house" orchestra for a number of
years at the Cotton Club. The revues featured _________________________________,
_________________________________, ______________________________, and
_______________________. All the white world came to Harlem to see the show.
o The first Cotton Club revue was in ______________. There were two new fast
paced revues produced a year for at least __________ years.
Louis SatchmoArmstrong
o Louis Armstrong was a jazz composer and ___________________ player during the
Harlem Renaissance.
o He is widely recognized as a ___________________________ of jazz.
o He appeared in _____ films and averaged _________ concerts per year,
performing for both kids on the street and heads of state.
Bessie Smith
o Bessie Smith was a famous jazz and blues _______________ during the Harlem
Renaissance.
o Smith recorded with many of the great jazz musicians of the 1920s, including
______________________.
o Smith was popular with both ___________ and ______________.