harlem renaissance history & art
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Harlem
Renaissance!History & Art
Harlem through the Eyes of
James Van Der Zee
History The Great Migration
The Great Migration-
Escaping Jim Crow Laws
* Black people weren’t allowed to vote
- Poll Taxes
- Literacy /Comprehension Tests
- Grandfather Clauses
* Black people were segregated.
-Had different schools than white people
-Weren’t allowed to sit in the same places at
restaurants, buses, etc.
Jim Crow Bluesby Charles Davenport
I'm tired of being Jim Crowed, gonna’ leave this Jim Crow town,
Doggone my black soul, I'm sweet Chicago bound,
Yes, Sir, I'm leavin' here, from this ole Jim Crow town.
I'm going up North, where they think money grows on trees,
I don't give a doggone, if ma black soul should freeze
I'm goin' where I don't need no B.V.D.s.
Jacob Lawrence
The Migration of the Negro
Jacob Lawrence
Self-Portrait
http://www.whitney.org/jacoblawrence/art/self_portrait.html
Aaron Douglas
Augusta Savage
The Harp