The Harlem Renaissance: African-American Pop. Culture Spreads

1. The Harlem Renaissance: African-American Pop. Culture Spreads

2. Changes for African Americans ● GreatMigration (1910-1920): Thousands of African Americans move N to big cities

3. Renaissance Developes in Harlem, NY ● Harlem Renaissance: a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture ● Many famous writers, artists, and musicians

4. Writers of the Harlem Renaissance ● Langston Hughes -- poems described difficult lives of working-class African Amer.’s ●Zora Neale Hurston -- literary work focused on lives of poor, unschooled Southern African Amer.’s

5. Musicians of the Harlem Renaissance ● Jazz Music “migrates” north, settles in Chicago ● Louis Armstrong -- introduced improvised solo -- considered the most influential musician to Jazz music ● Duke Ellington -- jazz pianist & composer, led 10-piece orchestra at the Cotton Club in Harlem, NY ● Bessie Smith -- blues singer -- 1927: highest paid black artist in the world