The Harlem Renaissance
Night club in Harlem, for African-Americans entertainers.
- The Harlem Renaissance was the time when the African-American cultural revolution settle in Harlem, New York.
- Between 1910 and 1920, hundreds of African-Americans moved from the South to the North, this was a movement known as the Great Migration.
- This movement first called the New Negro Movement or New Negro Renaissance, was a artistic and literary movement to celebrate the African-American culture.
- The goals of the Harlem Renaissance were to reform the African-American community in areas such as literature, music, art, and politics.
- Mostly, the Harlem Renaissance was a literary movement, that was led by middle-class and well educated African-Americans.
- African-American performers made an impact on the movement in 1921 when Shuffle Along was launched, a black musical comedy.
- The term New Negro movement was founded by Hubert Harrison. But was made popular by Alain Locke.
- New Negro Movement affected the lives of African-Americans, making a great significance. Despite of the significanse on the term "New Negro" (many people considered it optimistic).
- It is to be said that the African-American music, entertainment, art, etc. became more popular around, until the white audience became interest by it, and started to buy it.
- African-Americans became a much more stronger characters. Their culture was heard and it made a great impact on history, they showed a complete different side of the African-American people.
- The Harlem Renaissance represented a part of great cultural and social changes.
- This time period was characterized by new ideas, changing values, and personal freedom.
- Most of the social changes were lasting.
Bibliography
The New Negro: An Interpretation, Alain Locke, Ayer Co. Pub., Reprint edition, 1968
Harlem Renaissance, Nathan Irving Huggins, Oxford University Press, 1972
From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans, John Hope Franklin, Author, Alfred A. Moss, Jr., Author, Knopf, 8 Sub edition, 2000
Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Developments (The History of Jazz), by Gunther Schuller, Oxford University Press, USA, 1968
Jazz in Black and White: Race, Culture, and Identity in the Jazz Community, Charlie Gerard, Praeger Publishers, 1998
Jazz: The First Century, John Edward Hasse, Editor, Ted Lathrop, Author, William Morrow, 1 edition, 2000
Andrews, William L.; Foster, Frances S.; Harris, Trudier eds. The Concise Oxford Companion To African American Literature. New York: Oxford Press, 2001
Ostrom, Hans and J. David Macey, eds. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature. 5 volumes. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2005.
Soto, Michael, ed. Teaching The Harlem Renaissance. New York: Peter Lang, 2008.
Tracy, Steven C. Langston Hughes and the Blues. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988.
Harlem Renaissance, Nathan Irving Huggins, Oxford University Press, 1972
From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans, John Hope Franklin, Author, Alfred A. Moss, Jr., Author, Knopf, 8 Sub edition, 2000
Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Developments (The History of Jazz), by Gunther Schuller, Oxford University Press, USA, 1968
Jazz in Black and White: Race, Culture, and Identity in the Jazz Community, Charlie Gerard, Praeger Publishers, 1998
Jazz: The First Century, John Edward Hasse, Editor, Ted Lathrop, Author, William Morrow, 1 edition, 2000
Andrews, William L.; Foster, Frances S.; Harris, Trudier eds. The Concise Oxford Companion To African American Literature. New York: Oxford Press, 2001
Ostrom, Hans and J. David Macey, eds. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature. 5 volumes. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2005.
Soto, Michael, ed. Teaching The Harlem Renaissance. New York: Peter Lang, 2008.
Tracy, Steven C. Langston Hughes and the Blues. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988.
Created by: Valentina Franco and Gabriela Gibaja. 02/06/2011