Harlemren.08

Lorraine CafferyMary-Margaret WilbertCarly DiecidueAmanda Gilbert

Harlem•Heart of the Harlem Renaissance•Birth place

•Where Blacks congregated•Diversity

•New York

1920’s Writing -Langston Hughes

MY PEOPLEThe night is beautiful,

So the faces of my people,The stars are beautiful,

So the eyes of my people,Beautiful also is the sun,

Beautiful also are the souls of my people.

-Zora Neale Hurston -Newspapers and magazines

JoySpontaneity

Deeper insight to African American Culture Clubs: Cotton

Club New Orleans: Louie Armstrong

F. Scott Fitzgerald: “The Jazz Age”

Primary Source – Louis Armstrong

When the Saints Go Marchin’ In-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErUrPXt31vo

Johnny Cash and Louis Armstrong -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqc209-rwNI

Lil’ Wayne Lil’ Wayne

Lil’ Wayne

THEN

NOW

Work Cited

• Lapsansky-Werner, Emma, Peter Levy, Randy Roberts, Alan Taylor. United States History. Boston: Prentice Hall,2008.

• McElrath, Jessica. “Harlem Renaissance.” African- American History. The New York Times Company. http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/harlemrenaissance/a/harlemren.htm

• Rap/Hip-Hop Timeline 1970-1989. Digitaldreamdoor.com.2005.https://www.btunnel.com/index.php/1010110A/9d8657e2927a5fee278bbcaa56e958fa4f5851de8f51eaa579cb23db3eb96f9993a7f7b51da139fe60e79c4038e17829ec942a1d78270d420a391d551d2617900

• “(James) Lagston Hughes.” PBS. 19 October 2008.< http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/hughes.html>.