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The Harlem Renaissance (The 1920s) The Cultural Movement • After WWI, many African Americans moved to urban centers like New York’s Harlem. • Vibrant, inspired, diverse • Voices of the African American experience: – music (blues, jazz) – poetry – drama – art – journalism African American Focus • HR literature provided a view of black life in Harlem, the south, Europe, the Caribbean, even Russia • Focused on issues of race, class, religion, gender • Affirmation of African American dialects in literature End of the Harlem Renaissance • The Great Depression (1930s) depleted many funds used to support African American writers • Nevertheless, African American culture—and American literature as a whole—were changed forever Notable Voices of the Harlem Renaissance • Poetry & Literature: – – – – Langston Hughes Claude McKay James Weldon Johnson Zora Neale Hurston • Art: – Aaron Douglas – Romare Bearden Notable Voices of the Harlem Renaissance • Music: – Louis Armstrong – Duke Ellington – Bessie Smith – Billie Holliday • Social Activism: – Marcus Garvey – W. E. B. Du Bois – Alain Locke