Harlem Renaissance
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How did the Harlem Renaissance spark a revolution in art, music and literature within the African American community?
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- Jazz was a big part in people's entertainment during The Harlem Renaissance.
- Both popular and lesser known performers of the 1920s were rediscovered through new releases of their recordings that reached broader audiences.
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- Langston Hughes was an premier blues poet.
- Langston Hughes was a poet writer who wrote one of his famous poem "Dream Deferred"
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- Bessie Smith was a famous singer who sang the blues.
- Claude McKay was one of the famous musician during the Harlem Renaissance.
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- Langston Hughes understood poems in a way where he could see and feel what he wrote. (1902-1967)
- Jean Toomer was an African American poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance and modernism.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Bernard, Emily. "Let The Jazz Bands Blare: The Harlem Renaissance Goes To School." OAH Magazine Of History 21.3 (2007): 27-30. History Reference Center. Web. 30 Mar. 2016.
- "Harlem Renaissance." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2016. Web. 31 Mar. 2016.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
- McLendon, Jacquelyn Y. "Harlem Renaissance." St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Detroit: Gale, 2015. Biography in Context. Web. 31 Mar. 2016.
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