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Create a short video to teach a classmate about the Harlem Renaissance.

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Write a story set during Harlem Renaissance.  You could use Google Docs, Seesaw, Shadow Puppet or other.

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Teach current events in your elementary classroom, grades 1-6.

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The Harlem Renaissance is the name for a movement in African-American culture in the 1920s and 1930s which has had a big influence on African-American literature, philosophy and music. The Harlem Renaissance is also called the "Black Literary Renaissance", '"The New Negro Movement" and "The flowering of Negro literature".

The movement began in Harlem, New York after World War I. In 1925 a book was published called "The New Negro", edited by Alain Locke. This book was a collection of writing by African-Americans which looked at their people's lives and experiences since the Civil War. From 1925 onwards, there was a movement called the "New Negro Movement", named after the book.

The movement began to affect the thinking of many African-American writers and artists of all sorts. They challenged the thinking of many white Americans towards black Americans. They refused to be treated as if they were not equal. They refused to just copy the sorts of writing, art and music that white Americans did. They wanted to celebrate the fact that their African culture had survived through the terrible years of slavery, and was being "reborn". (The word " Renaissance" means "rebirth" and is generally used for a time from 1400 to 1600 in Europe.)

Important writers and musicians of the Harlem Renaissance

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The Harlem Renaissance is the name for a movement in African-American culture in the 1920s and 1930s which has had a big influence on African-American literature, philosophy and music. The Harlem Renaissance is also called the "Black Literary Renaissance", '"The New Negro Movement" and "The flowering of Negro literature".

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Fast Facts: The 5 W's of the Harlem Renaissance
Fast, fun facts and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) - The 5 Five W's of the Harlem Renaissance: What, Who, Where, Why and When...

What was the Harlem Renaissance? The Harlem Renaissance was a flowering of African American culture embracing literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts

Who was involved in the Harlem Renaissance? African Americans were involved in the Harlem Renaissance. Significant figures were Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Claude McKay, Zora Neale Hurston, Bessie Smith, Paul Robeson and Langston Hughes

Where did the Harlem Renaissance take place? The Harlem Renaissance centered around the Harlem district in New York City

When was the Harlem Renaissance? The period known as the Harlem Renaissance was 1917 - 1932 (from WW1 and the Great Migration up to the Great Depression)

Why was the Harlem Renaissance important? The Harlem Renaissance was important because it inspired an explosion of cultural pride and was perceived as a new beginning for African Americans. Black Americans were inspired to create works rooted in their own culture instead of imitating the styles of white Americans. African Americans were encouraged to celebrate their heritage and to become "The New Negro" a term coined in 1925 by Alain LeRoy Locke (1885 - 1954), writer and patron of the arts. The following quote by Nathan Huggins (1927 - 1989), a prominent African American historian and author, reflects the change in attitudes that would help lay the foundation of the Civil Rights Movement.
"For the Afro-American in the 1920's being a 'New Negro' was being 'Modern'. And being an 'New Negro' meant, largely, not being an 'Old Negro', disassociating oneself from the symbols and legacy of slavery - being urbane, assertive militant." - Nathan Huggins
The Harlem Renaissance: Harlem Renaissance Quotes
The following Harlem Renaissance quotes typified the era:
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Why was it called the 'Harlem Renaissance' and what does the term mean?
Definition: The term 'Renaissance' derives from Latin meaning "be born again, rise again, to be renewed" The Harlem Renaissance was perceived as a new beginning for African Americans and a period of intellectual growth which inspired African American authors, artists and musicians. Refer to Famous Harlem Renaissance Figures.

Harlem Renaissance Facts for kids - Facts about the Harlem Renaissance for kids The following fact sheet contains interesting facts and information on Harlem Renaissance for kids.

Facts about the Harlem Renaissance for kids

The photographs are of Bessie Smith and Josephine Baker. Also refer to Clothing and oot Suit.

Harlem Renaissance Fact 13: Harlem Hellfighters : The the men of the 369th Infantry who heroically fought on the front lines in WW1. The whole regiment of the " Harlem Hellfighters were Harlem Hellfighters" received the French Croix de Guerre and 171 of the officers and troops received individual citations for bravery, more than any other American unit in WW1. Their bravery during WW1 changed the American public's opinion on African American soldiers and saw a burst in African American pride.

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Facts about the Harlem Renaissance for kids

Facts about the Harlem Renaissance for kids The following fact sheet continues with facts about Harlem Renaissance for kids.

Facts about the Harlem Renaissance for kids

Jazz Musicians: The Famous Jazz Musicians of the Jazz Age included Louis Armstrong, Josephine Baker Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, "Jelly Roll" Morton, King Oliver and the Creole Jazz Band, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Ma Rainey, Fletcher Henderson, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Art Tatum and Fats Waller.

The painting is by F. Winold Reiss and entitled "Interpretation of Harlem Jazz"

Harlem Renaissance Fact 19: N AACP: The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) fought for civil rights, the elimination of racial discrimination and desegregation.

Georgia Douglas Johnson published full volumes of poetry, including The Heart of a Woman, and Other Poems and Bronze. Countee Cullen wrote The Black Christ and Other Poems and James Weldon Johnson wrote God's Trombones.

Facts about the Harlem Renaissance for kids

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For visitors interested in the history of the Harlem Renaissance refer to the following articles:

Harlem Renaissance Facts for kids: A-Z Subjects relating to the Harlem Renaissance
We identified 50 important subjects about the Harlem Renaissance Era. A - Z order: Harlem Renaissance Art, Harlem Renaissance Artists, Harlem Renaissance Authors, Harlem Renaissance Actors, Harlem Renaissance Clothing, Black Nationalism, Books, Harlem Renaissance Dancers and Dances, Cotton Club, Fashion, Great Gatsby, Harlem Renaissance Great Migration, Harlem Hellfighters, Jazz Age, Harlem Renaissance Jazz Musicians, Harlem Renaissance Key Figures and Leaders, Langston Hughes, Harlem Renaissance Literature, Harlem Renaissance Music, NAACP, Harlem Renaissance New York, Harlem Renaissance Poets / Poetry / Poems, Harlem Renaissance Singers, Harlem Renaissance Songs, Sports, Harlem Renaissance Writers, Harlem Renaissance Zoot Suit. A - Z of the Harlem Renaissance.

Black History for kids: Important People and EventsFor visitors interested in African American History refer to
Black History - People and Events. A useful resource for teachers, kids, schools and colleges undertaking projects for the Black History Month.

Harlem Renaissance for kids
The article on the Harlem Renaissance provides detailed facts and a summary of the most important events and dates in the history of the United States - a crash course in American History. The following video will give you additional important facts, history and dates about the personal and political lives of all the US Presidents.

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Fast Facts: The 5 W's of the Harlem Renaissance Fast, fun facts and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) - The 5 Five W's of the Harlem Renaissance: What, Who, Where, Why and When... What was the Harlem Renaissance? The Harlem Renaissance was a flowering of African American culture embracing literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts Who was involved in the Harlem Renaissance?

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The Harlem Renaissance was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s. During this period Harlem was a cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars. Many had come from the South, fleeing its oppressive caste system in order to find a place where they could freely express their talents. Among those artists whose works achieved recognition were Langston Hughes and Claude McKay, Countee Cullen and Arna Bontemps, Zora Neale Hurston and Jean Toomer, Walter White and James Weldon Johnson. W.E.B. Du Bois encouraged talented artists to leave the South. Du Bois, then the editor of THE CRISIS magazine, the journal of the NAACP, was at the height of his fame and influence in the black community. THE CRISIS published the poems, stories, and visual works of many artists of the period. The Renaissance was more than a literary movement: It involved racial pride, fueled in part by the militancy of the "New Negro" demanding civil and political rights. The Renaissance incorporated jazz and the blues, attracting whites to Harlem speakeasies, where interracial couples danced. But the Renaissance had little impact on breaking down the rigid barriers of Jim Crow that separated the races. While it may have contributed to a certain relaxation of racial attitudes among young whites, perhaps its greatest impact was to reinforce race pride among blacks.

-- Richard Wormser

Langston Hughes' first published poem was "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." It appeared in the June, 1921 issue of THE CRISIS.

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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow . Jim Crow Stories . The Harlem Renaissance | PBS

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The Harlem Renaissance was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s. During this period Harlem was a cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars.

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Summarize daily life in the post–World War I period of the 1920s, including improvements in the standard of living, transportation, and entertainment; the impact of the Nineteenth Amendment, the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, and Prohibition; and racial and ethnic conflict.

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Pick 1-2 of  the resources to learn more about the Harlem Renaissance.  You should be able to say what it was, note the people involved and why it was significant. Describe the impact it had on history and society.