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The Harlem Renaissance English 11 The Harlem Renaissance… …is the name given to the period from the end of World War I and through the middle of the 1930s Depression, during which a group of talented AfricanAmerican writers, thinkers, and artists produced a sizable contribution to American culture. The Harlem Renaissance… …was a time of great development of art, literature, music, and culture in the African-American Community. Harlem, New York CAUSES Great Migration: the movement of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from rural areas in the South to urban areas in both the North and South. PUSH & PULL FACTORS? CAUSES Growing African American Middle Class: developed as a result of improved educational and employment opportunities for African Americans. HARLEM SECTION BECAME THE CENTER OF THIS NEW CLASS CAUSES Political Agenda for Civil Rights by African Americans: leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, and the NAACP helped to inspire racial pride in the middle and working class. NAACP=National Association for the Advancement of Colored People CAUSES Red Summer of 1919: in response to the gains by African Americans, many whites fought back during the summer of 1919. 25 major race riots IMPACT The Harlem section of New York City was transformed from a deteriorating area into a thriving middle class community. Before After IMPACT African American view surge in art, music and literature as the creation of a new cultural identity. Whites see it as another new, exotic, and trendy form of entertainment. 1. What do you see? 2. What do you feel? 3. What would you title this painting? “The Janitor Who Paints” Palmer Hayden 1. What do you see? 2. What do you feel? 3. What would you title this painting? “The Tunnel” Hayden 1. What do you see? 2. What do you feel? 3. What would you title this painting? “Into Bondage” Aaron Douglass 1. What do you see? 2. What do you feel? 3. What would you title this painting? “The Ironers” Jacob Lawrence