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The Harlem Renaissance and Sterling A. Brown

The Harlem Renaissance

  • This era was named for the explosion of creativity in Harlem between WWI and the 1930's

Artists of this Era

Sources

  • People came to Harlem from the south to escape the oppressive caste system
  • Langston Hughes
  • Claude McKay
  • Arna Bontemps
  • Zora Neale Hurston

Sterling A. Brown

  • Born May 1st, 1901 in Washington D.C.
  • http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/sterling-brown

  • http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_harlem.html

It should be noted that this was more than a literary movement; this was racial pride fueled by the militancy of the "New Negro Movement," characterized by the fight for blacks to have both equal civil and political rights

  • Studied Amy Lowell, Edgar Lee Masters, and Robert Frost
  • Earned his masters at Harvard University
  • Wrote his first book, The Southern Road, in 1932

His Writing Style

Reading of the Poem, Strong men

  • influenced by music from that time
  • concerns of racism in U.S.
  • known for frank, unsentimental portraits of blacks and their experiences
  • included African folklore and modern idioms

-By Jordan Ashmore

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