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CULTURAL CLIMATE OF THE 1920s AND 1930s HARLEM RENAISSANCE
LITERATURE MUSIC ART
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CULTURAL CLIMATE OF 1920s & 1930s
ART: Georgia O’Keeffe MUSIC: Aaron Copeland & George Gershwin LITERATURE: F. Scott Fitzgerald & John Steinbeck CULTURAL CLIMATE OF 1920s & 1930s
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GEORGIA O’KEEFFE KNOWN FOR URBAN SCENES
LATER PAINTINGS OF THE SOUTHWEST FLOWERS – SO MANY FLOWERS! November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986 GEORGIA O’KEEFFE
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O’Keeffe Art
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AARON COPLAND & GEORGE GERSHWIN
COMPOSERS WROTE UNIQUELY AMERICAN MUSIC TIN PAN ALLEY: NYC-28th St. between 5th and 6th Avenues was the legendary Tin Pan Alley where the business of the American popular music flourished in the first decades of the 20th century. Rhapsody in Blue-Gershwin Rodeo Hoe Down: Copland AARON COPLAND & GEORGE GERSHWIN
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Aaron Copland George Gershwin November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990)
September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937
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F. Scott Fitzgerald & John Steinbeck
Both wrote about the 1920s & 1930s FITZGERALD: The Jazz Age in the 1920s STEINBECK: The strength of poor migrant farmers during the 1930s The Great Gatsby: F. Scott Fitzgerald Grapes of Wrath: John Steinbeck F. Scott Fitzgerald & John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937
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F. Scott Fitzgerald September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940
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HARLEM RENAISSANCE ART: Jacob Lawrence LITERATURE: Langston Hughes
LEADERS OF HARLEM RENAISSANCE DREW UPON HERITAGE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE ESTALISHED THEMSELVES AS POWERFUL FORCES FOR CULTURAL CHANGE ART: Jacob Lawrence LITERATURE: Langston Hughes MUSIC: Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong- Jazz Musicians; Bessie Armstrong-Blues singer HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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JACOB LAWRENCE ARTIST/PAINTER
CHRONICLED EXPERIENCES OF GREAT MIGRATION THROUGH ART September 7, 1917 – June 9, 2000 JACOB LAWRENCE
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Jacob Lawrence Paintings
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POET COMBINED EXPERIENCES FROM BOTH AMERICAN & AFRICAN CULTURAL ROOTS February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967 LANGSTON HUGHES
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DUKE ELLINGTON JAZZ MUSICIAN BAND LEADER TAKE THE “A” TRAIN
April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974 DUKE ELLINGTON
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LOUIS ARMSTRONG JAZZ MUSICIAN- TRUMPET “SATCHMO”- NICKNAME
WHEN THE SAINTS COME MARCHING IN August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971 LOUIS ARMSTRONG
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BLUES SINGER April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937 BESSIE SMITH
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