Who is Harlem Rennaisance?

Answer 1

Harlem is a district of Manhattan, and the name for an African-American culture originating there. It was originally named New Harlem, after the Harlem in the Netherlands, presumably before New Amsterdam was changed to New York.

Answer 2

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement that took place in the 1920s in Harlem, New York. It was characterized by a flourishing of African American literature, music, art, and social activism. Key figures of the Harlem Renaissance include Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Duke Ellington.

Answer 3

Who are the major people involved?

• Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver-Know to have created the ideology of the Harlem Renaissance.

• Ella Fitzgerald-one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century.

• Louis Armstrong- American jazz trumpeter and singer who also became well known for his scat singing; he played a major role on jazz.

• Marcus Garvey- was a publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, Black Nationalist, Pan-Africanist, and orator

• James Weldon Johnson- Johnson published his first book, Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man anonymously in 1912

• Claude McKay- McKay broke the color barrier in the publishing industry with the publication of his collected works of poetry, Harlem Shadows (1922).

• Aaron Douglas-African American painter.

• Fats Waller- was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer.

• Art Tatum-With an exuberant style that combined dazzling technique and sophisticated use of harmony, Art Tatum is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time

• Hubert Harrison- "The Father of Harlem Radicalism," founded the Liberty League and The Voice, the first organization and the first newspaper of the "New Negro Movement".

"They paved the way for other authors with their literary works about black life and racial identity."

Answer 4

The Harlem Renaissance isn't a person, it was a period of time also know as the Jazz Age. During this time period many former slaves moved from the South to the North due to inequality (The Great Migration). Many of these African Americans moved to Harlem, NY. Here many great African American artist, musicians, and writers developed.