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Who we are?

The Harlem Renaissance

The Great Migration

The Great Migration = Black exodus from the South in the early 20th century

By 1920, over 5 million of the nation's 12 million blacks lived in cities

Between 1910 and 1920, the Great Migration saw hundreds of thousands of African Americans move north to big cities

THE GREAT MIGRATION

Why?

The primary factor for migration among southern African Americans were segregation, an increase in the spread of racist ideology, widespread lynching.

  • Nearly 3,500 African Americans were lynched between 1882 and 1968

Lack of social and economic opportunities in the South also contributed.

People began "voting with their feet"

Harlem, New York

  • Harlem, NY became the largest black urban community
  • In the 1920s, Harlem became home to a literary and artistic revival known as the Harlem Renaissance
  • Primary a literary movement led by well-educated blacks with a new sense of pride in the African-American experience
  • Fostered a new black cultural identity
  • Was an outpouring of creative expression that had long been bottled up by the contraints of segregation

HARLEM, NEW YORK

Keep in mind:

  • What is the singer describing?
  • What words or actions stand out to you?
  • What is the mood or tone of the song?
  • What issue in society might the song be about?

Strange Fruit

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

Important People

Claude McKay: Born in Jamaica. Poet. Used money from the books he sold to move to the United States. Wrote about the pain of life in the ghetto. "If We Must Die."

Langston Hughes: Missouri-born Langston Hughes was the movement’s best known poet. Many of his poems described the difficult lives of working-class blacks. Some of his poems were put to music, especially jazz and blues.

Zora Neale Hurston: Wrote novels, short stories and poems. Often wrote about the lives of poor, unschooled Southern blacks. She focused on the culture of the people– their folkways and values.

Many artists find inspiration from the Harlem Rennessiance. In particular, musicians often sample of cover songs from the era.

CONNECTIONS TO TODAY

  • Kanye West
  • J. Cole
  • Sublime
  • Lana Del Rey
  • Gramatik

Billie Holiday

Summertime

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