Harlem Renaissance

Jacob Lawrence

• Jacob Lawrence was born on the 7th of September 1917.
• In 1942 he was drafted into the U.S Coast Guard.
• He was awarded the U.S National medal of the Arts in 1990.

Langston Hughes

• Born Feb. 1, 1902, in Joplin, Mo.
• After college, Hughes returned to New York
• Hughes found the idea of Communism interesting as an alternative to segregation. 

Louis Armstrong

• Louis Armstrong was born in raised in New Orleans, Louisiana
• In 1912 he shot his stepfathers pistol into the air and was arrested
• Between 1925 and 1928, Armstrong cut more than 60 records with his band
• He got mixed up in a mob.

Al Capone

• Born in 1899 in Brooklyn, New York, to poor immigrant parents
• the most infamous gangster in American history
• Capone’s father was as a barber, and his mother was a seamstress
• had 1 son his name was Albert francis Capone

jelly roll mortan

• born in new orleans
• october 20 1820
• died in july 10 1941
• he was a jazz player in 1920s

king oliver

• born december 19 1881
• he was born in louisiana albern
• died in april 10 1938
• he was noticed for his jazz music
• and he had only 2 kids before he died.