HARLEM RENAISSANCE

HARLEM RENAISSANCE

FACTS :

• talented group of writers , artist , and musicians made Harlem rennasisance
• The home of an African American cultural movement during the 1920's
• Philosopher Alain Locke proclaimed the movement "the new negro" (1925)

FACTS :

• W.e.b du bois and James Weldon Johnson joined Locke in urging blacks to celebrate their heritage
• The Harlem Renaissance was a period of intense creativity in music & visual arts
• Many litterly works of the period in operated folk material & elements of the blues tradition

AARON DOUGLAS

• Outside of literature , artist such as Henry ossawa tanner & Aaron Douglas made their mark also
• Although the variety of the movement suffered during the Great Depression

AARON DOUGLAS

• The spirit of the Harlem Renaissance survived in the 1930's
• Before the 1920's , African American culture was unknown or unrecognized by the most white American

FACTS ABOUT HIM

• Douglas created some of his best known painting in the 1930's
• He was hired to create a mural for the library at Fisk university

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