2. Harlem Renaissance
American Literature

3. What is it? Part of Modernism
Spans through the late 1910’s to the mid 1930’s
Harlem boasted the largest population of black Americans from the Great Migration North due to lack of work, segregation and violence in the south
Or part of the desire to be a part of the emerging art scene
Large cities included: Chicago, Philadelphia, and Detroit

4. Ideas and Themes
DuBois’s intellectual exploration of black identity usually marks the beginning of the movement.
Issues
Global Concerns
Identity
Fragmentation
Social issues
Black artists have a social and political responsibility to life up others in his or her work
Alain Locke is considered the father of “The New Negro Movement” for his intellectual and philosophical writings on black identity
Black artist only had to be responsible for expressing individuality
Arthur Schomburg argues for importance of remembering the past

5. Big Issues
White Patronage
Disagreements about message and meaning

6. Authors of the Harlem Renaissance
Zora Neale Hurston
Langston Hughes
Jean Toomer
Claude McKay
Jessie Fauset
Nella Larson