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Harlem Renaissance

Published on Apr 02, 2019

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The Harlem Renaissance

By Conner
Photo by rikomatic

When

  • started 1920
  • dissolved when the Great Depression set in in the 1930s

What

  • explosion of African American influenced art, literature, intellect, and social life
Photo by jondresner

Where?

  • Harlem, New York
Photo by danichro

Who?

  • Langston Hughes-writer
  • Louis Armstrong-musician
  • W.E.B. Dubois-writer, civil rights
  • Josephine Baker-dancer, singer
  • Duke Ellington-mucisian
  • Marcus Gravey-politician
Photo by cliff1066™

Why

  • Post WWI, rolling 20's sparked it
  • Stopped because of Great Depression

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