2. A Cultural Rebirth -1920s-1930s -Created a new picture of the Negro man and woman -Literature, Music, and Art flourished Rebirth= Renacimiento Flourish= crecer con mucho éxito

3. Why? -Many African- Americans and Afro-Caribbeans moved to Harlem in New York City -They wanted to tell the story of the Black Experience in the Americas

4. Literature -Talked about the identity of being AFRICAN-AMERICAN -What does it mean to be AFRICAN-AMERICAN? -Talked about the story of African-Americans in the United States -Used African rhythms and ideas LANGSTON HUGHES

5. I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset. I’ve known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes I’ve known= He conocido Veins= venas Bathe= bañarse I built= construí Muddy= lodoso Bosom= seno

6. Music -Jazz and the Blues flourished -Duke Ellington was one of many famous musicians

7. Art -Expressed African imagery -Used many colors -Showed important parts of life -Influenced by Jazz and Blues

8. Jeunesse by Palmer Hayden

9. Brothers by Malvin Gray Johnson

10. Café by William H. Johnson

11. Going to Church by William H. Johnson

12. Soldado Senegales by James A. Porter

14. Project- Unsung Hero 1.) Think of your unsung hero. 2.) Think of a story about that person that you know (or make up). 3.) Paint that person and their story. Unsung Hero= héroe olvidado Unsung Hero= heroína olvidada

15. My Unsung Hero