2.  Took Place in the 1920’s  A cultural flowering  Took place in Harlem  Involved writers, musicians, poets, and visual artists.  Following WWI, this was a time of change and living in excess to break free from war time ideologies  People began to invest more time and money into leisure activities

3. The Jazz Age  Black musicians performed in “white only” clubs, performing African American style Jazz for white clientele  Jazz music began to influence everyone  It became a source of inspiration to visual artists

4. Jacob Lawrence  Arrived to Harlem in 1930 after the height of the Harlem Renaissance  Did paintings about heritage of his people and their struggle for equality  Uses angular, hard edge style  One of the Largest Race Riots occurred in east St. Louis

6. James Van Der Zee  Photographer of African American life  He would take studio portraits, weddings, pool halls, barber shops, sports teams, and celebrities  Van Der Zee wasn’t “discovered” until the age of 82 and held a show at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in a show called “Harlem on my Mind”.  He became an instant celebrity and began photographing people like Bill Cosby and Muhammed Ali