Harlem Renaissance: Culture and Civil Rights

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Course Outline

  1. Harlem Renaissance & Cultural Impact
  2. Migration & Black Population Growth
  3. Visual & Literary Arts
  4. Key Artists & Creators
  5. Harlem Poets & Writers
  6. Civil Rights Activists & Movements
  7. Jazz & Blues Origins
  8. Harlem Renaissance & Political Activism
  9. Exhibition & Artistic Representation
  10. Historical Figures & Legacy

1. Harlem Renaissance & Cultural Impact

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Harlem Renaissance: A cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement during the 1920s and early 1930s centered in Harlem, New York City, celebrating Black identity and creativity.
  • New Negro Movement: A term emphasizing racial pride, cultural self-expression, and a rejection of stereotypes among African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance.
  • Great Migration (Red Summer 1919): The movement of approximately 1.5 million Black Americans from the rural South to northern cities, including Harlem, seeking better opportunities and escaping racial violence.
  • Black Arts & Literary Movement: A flourishing of visual arts, music, literature, and performance by Black artists and writers like Langston Hughes, Aaron Douglas, and Zora Neale Hurston.
  • Civil Rights Activism: Efforts by figures like W.E.B. Du Bois and Walter White to combat racial injustice, lynching, and segregation through legislation and advocacy.
  • Pan-Africanism & Black Nationalism: Ideologies promoting unity among people of African descent worldwide and…
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1. What is the Harlem Renaissance?

2. What was the primary role of migration in the growth of the Black population during the Harlem Renaissance?

3. How do visual arts and literary arts during the Harlem Renaissance differ from each other?

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Visual & Literary Arts — focus?

Expressing Black experiences and promoting racial pride through art and literature.

Harlem Renaissance — movement?

Cultural and artistic movement celebrating Black identity in 1920s Harlem.

Great Migration — effect?

Increased Black population in northern cities, fueling cultural growth.

Harlem Renaissance — definition?

Cultural movement celebrating Black identity in 1920s-30s Harlem.

New Negro Movement — focus?

Racial pride and cultural self-expression.

Great Migration — purpose?

Move Black Americans north for opportunity, escaping violence.

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