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The Harlem Renaissance

B. Nightlife a painting by Archibald Motley which represented the vibrancy of African American Culture. The painting also portrays young sophisticated people out on the town.

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II. Impact on the U.S

Many people involved in the Harlem Renaissance were african americans.

1. Langston Hughes was a famous poet involved in the Harlem Renaissance. He was one of the inventors of jazz like poetry. One of his most famous poems is titled “Mother To Son”.

B. The Harlem Renaissance was a blossoming of African American Culture in music,dance,fashion and literature.

C. The Harlem Renaissance took place from 1918-1937. The highest point was in the 1920s.

D. The epicenter of the Harlem Renaissance took place in Harlem, New York. Although ideas spread throughout the world.

E. The Harlem Renaissance is important because it helped redefine African American culture to Americans. It also set the stage for the civil rights movement.

F. The Harlem Renaissance changed the U.S by integrating black and white cultures and also marking the beginning of a black urban society.

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III.

People who were for the Harlem Renaissance	People who were against the Harlem Renaissance
W.E.B Du Bois Alain Locke Marcus Garvey Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Duke Ellington Josephine Baker Aaron Douglas Thousands of African Americans who migrated to urban cities through the Great Migration.	George Schuyler who argued against “black art”. He thought black and white artists were equally diverse. Southern Americans.