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Title: The Harlem Renaissance


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The Harlem Renaissance
  • By Matthew Santos
  • Brianna Robinson
  • Jeniah Smith

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The Harlem Renaissance All Stars
  • The Harlem Renaissance was a period in the
    19020s when African-American achievements in art
    and music and literature flourished.
  • Gwendolyn Bennett - Was a writer and artist, she
    played an active role in the African-American art
    community for over 20 years.
  • Countee Cullen - Was the leading writer of the
    Harlem Renaissance.
  • Langston Hughes - Was the first African-American
    author to support himself through his writing and
    poetry he produced more than 60 Books and Poems.
  • Zora Neale Hurston - Who has undergone revival in
    the last 25 years, celebrated the courage and the
    struggle of African-Americans in the rural south
    in the early years of the past century

3
Countee Cullen
  • Countee Cullen Was Born by the name of Countee
    LeRoy Porter on May 20, 1903 and was abandoned by
    his parents at birth. He was raised by his
    grandmother, Mrs. Porter. Countee did not know
    where he was born. Skeptics claimed he was born
    in Baltimore, but later in his life Cullen said
    he was born in New York City. While he was an
    undergraduate, he published works in various
    literary magazines, including Harpers Century
    Magazine. Countee Died unexpectedly on January
    9, 1946 of poisoning.
  • COLOR was his most famous novel which he released
    in 1925
  • The Novels message was that He needed help
    so he turned to god and he made it through life
    even though there were many obstacles thrown at
    him and put in his way.

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Langston Hughes
  • Langston Hughes began writing in high school, and
    even at his early age was developing the voice
    that made him famous. He was born in Joplin,
    Missouri, but lived with his grandmother in
    Lawrence, Kansas until he was thirteen and then
    with his mother in Lincoln, Illinois and
    Cleveland, Ohio where he went to high school.
    When Langstons grandmother died, his mother
    summoned him to her home in Lincoln, Illinois.
    Here, according to Hughes, He wrote his first
    verse and was named class poet of his 8th grade
    class. After he graduated high school, Hughes
    planned to Go to Mexico to visit with his father,
    in order to try to convince him that he should
    pay for his sons college education at Columbia
    University in New York City. At Columbia, Hughes
    thought he could get a college education but also
    begin his career as a writer.
  • Dream Deferred
  • What Happens To A Dream Deferred?
  • Does It Dry Up
  • Like A Raisin In The Sun?
  • Or fester Like A Sore
  • And Then Run?
  • Does It Stink Like Rotten Meat
  • Or crust and Sugar Over-
  • Like A Syrupy Sweet?
  • Maybe It Just Sags
  • Like A Heavy Load
  • Or Does It Explode?
  • This poem means that a dream has been ignored or
    not followed and it leads to depression or
    emptiness.

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Aaron Douglas
  • Aaron Douglas was born in Topeka, Kansas on May
    26, 1899. He developed an interest for art
    during his childhood and was encouraged to
    pursuit by his mother. He graduated high school
    in 1917. He received his B.A. degree from the
    University of Nebraska in 1922. In 1939 he moved
    to Nashville, Tennessee, where he founded the Art
    Department at Fisk University and taught for 27
    years. Aaron Douglas has been called the father
    of African-American art.
  • One of his most famous paintings was Idylls Of
    The Deep South made in 1934. The painting
    subverts the m for the myth of the happy
    southern plantation negro. The theme is cheerful
    African-Americans singing, dancing and playing
    music.

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The Two Most Influential People
  • Langston Hughes
  • - I feel Langston Hughes was one of the most
    influential people in the Harlem Renaissance
    because he helped with establishing
    African-American pride with his literature.
  • Countee Cullen
  • - I that Countee Cullen was one of the most
    influential people in the Harlem Renaissance
    because he went through many struggles in life
    but he continued to stay in school and follow his
    passion and ended up being a very productive
    writer.

7
Langston Hughes
  • Matthew Santos
  • Presented A Dream Deferred.

8
Countee Cullen
  • Brianna Robinson
  • Summarized his books major themes and message.

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Aaron Douglas
  • Jeniah Smith
  • Presented a famous painting and discussed the
    paintings message and connection to African
    American rights.
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