The Harlem The Harlem RenaissanceRenaissance

Mr. BachHudson High School

United States History

Harlem RenaissanceHarlem Renaissance

•New York City’s Harlem neighborhood gets a huge population boom due to the Great Migration.

•Harlem will become the center of an African-American cultural re-birth.

Harlem Renaissance – Why Harlem Renaissance – Why Now?Now?

• Blacks feel a sense of unity and pride in their own distinct neighborhood in Harlem away from white oppression.

• A number of white publishing companies started to agree to publish black literature and record black music.–White people as well as

blacks became fans of the new black art styles.

Art of HarlemArt of Harlem

Literature of HarlemLiterature of Harlem

Paul RobesonPaul Robeson

Josephine BakerJosephine Baker

Music of HarlemMusic of Harlem

• Jazz – completely American form of music defined by improvisation and creativity, not rules.