Harlem Renaissance Renaissance = rebirth Harlem: neighborhood in Manhattan, NY; NE of Central Park; Primarily black-owned businesses and homes, relatively “free” lives Artists, poets/writers, jazz musicians…Jacob Lawrence, Nora Zeale Huston, Langston Hughes Cotton Club practiced segragation
Langston Huges Harlem What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?
Cotton Club
Jacob Lawrence The Migration of the Negro
Jacob Lawrence Confrontation at the Bridge
Archibald John Motley, Jr Black Belt
Aaron Douglas Shadows of Hope
Palmer Hayden Jeunesse
Aaron Douglas Emporer Jones
Romare Howard Bearden Sunday Morning
Malvin Gray Johnson Negro Soldier