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1 SECTION 5 THE HARLEM RENNAISSANCE

2 HARLEM – NEW YORK CITY Neighborhood located on Manhattan Island
Predominately a black community since 1905

3 A CELEBRATION OF CULTURE
1920 – mid 1930s The Harlem Renaissance was a literary, artistic, and intellectual movement Created a new black cultural identity that included: Group expression Self determination Racial pride

4 NOTABLES Langston Hughes Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson W.E.B. DuBois
Author, poet, & intellectual Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson Movie & Broadway dancer W.E.B. DuBois Intellectual Archibald Motley Painter

5 HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS 1929 – Present Competitive exhibition team
Started in Chicago 1927 Moved to Harlem for the season

6 SECTION 6 JAZZ AND BLUES MUSIC

7 THE BLUES Style Started in the South
Mixture of slave music and religious spirituals Featured heartfelt lyrics and slurred notes that matched the mood of the lyrics Started in the South Described the feelings and lives of blacks living in a racial South Moved North with the Great Migration Was incorporated into the Jazz style by Louis Armstrong

8 JAZZ MUSIC Style Started in the South Big Brass Band
Mixture of West African rhythms, Afro-American spirituals, Ragtime, European harmonies Ragged or improvised tunes Sometimes mixed with the blues style Started in the South Early 1900s New Orleans, LA Big Brass Band Scott Joplin – Ragtime Music Style Joseph “King” Oliver Moved North with the Great Migration Northern Artists take a lot of the Jazz sound into their music, creating “Swing”.

9 COTTON CLUB Located in the neighborhood of Harlem
Focal point for Afro-American music artists Because of racism, most clubs were “whites only” Even if they were located in Black neighborhoods w/ Black performers Many artists went to Europe to perform and were widely accepted Creating a “Jazz age” especially in Paris

10 APOLLO THEATER Located in the Harlem neighborhood
A noted venue for African-American performers Starting point for many famous black musicians Originally a whites-only venue

11 NOTABLES Musicians Singers Duke Ellington Thelonious Monk
Louis Armstrong Dizzie Gillespie Singers Cab Calloway Ella Fitzgerald Bessie Smith Billy Holiday

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