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Strange Fruit (lyrics) by Billie Holiday 

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Strange Fruit (lyrics) by Billie Holiday 

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Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees

Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop

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I'm just a woman, a lonely woman
Waiting on the weary shore
I'm just a woman who's only human
One you should feel sorry for

It was a morning, long before dawn
Without a warning I found he was gone
How could he do it, why should he do it
He never done it before

Am I blue, am I blue
Ain't these tears in these eyes telling you
How can you ask me am I blue
Why, wouldn't you be too
If each plan with your man
Done fell through

Am I blue

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Down Hearted Blues (lyrics) By Bessie Smith 

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Down Hearted Blues (lyrics) By Bessie Smith 

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Gee, but it's hard to love someone
When that someone don't love you

I'm so disgusted, heart-broken too, I've got those downhearted blues
Once I was crazy 'bout a man, he mistreated me all the time
The next man I get has got to promise me to be mine, all mine

Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days
Trouble, trouble, I've had it all my days
It seems like trouble going to follow me to my grave

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Walking By The River (lyrics) By Ella Fitzgerald

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Walking By The River (lyrics) By Ella Fitzgerald

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"There's dew upon the ground
And not a soul in sight
I'm walkin' by the river
'Cause I'm meeting someone there tonight

I hear a distant sound
I see a far-off light
I'm walkin' by the river
'Cause I'm meeting someone there tonight"

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Black and Blue (lyrics) By Louis Armstrong

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Black and Blue (lyrics) By Louis Armstrong

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“I’m white...inside...but, that don’t help my case

That’s life...can’t hide...what is in my face

How would it end...ain’t got a friend

My only sin...is in my skin

What did I do...to be so black and blue”

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A playbill for a production held at the Negro Theatre Unit. At this theatre unit, stage productions flourished during the Harlem Renaissance.

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An image James captured of a couple with a cadillac in Harlem in 1932.

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A photographer during the Harlem Renaissance, captured the middle class life in harlem. His studio captured funerals, wedding's and even dancers like Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

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The Janitor Who Paints, a piece depicting the economic and social situations that African Americans went through. It is seen as "a sort of protest painting".

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A painter, Hayden's pieces depict the the daily life of Harlem residents during the Renaissance period.

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Was the only bank in Harlem and hired African-Americans. Even though it closed in 1930, it was the first bank for black residents.

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One of the most influential writers during this era of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Police arrest two looters from a riot that broke out for only a day. This riot killed three people and injured hundreds. This riot was caused by many things, one of which was the difficult living conditions.

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"Empress of the Blues", a singer, Smith was one of the highest paid African-American entertainers.

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Critics called her the "finest actress of any race." She recorded more than 50 hit songs and performed at the Cotton Club and Carnegie Hall.

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Couples dancing and doing the jitterbug at the Savoy Ballroom

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A popular hot spot, the Savoy Ballroom was another place where anyone was able to go no matter what race they were. Known as the "soul of the neighborhood", they were known to have the most talented Lindy oppers.

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Owned by an African American man, the club was opened to both black and white citizens. The club was the only integrated club in Harlem and popularized the style of dance, the now iconic Charleston style of swing dance.

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In 1917, DuBois and the NAACP had organized a Silent Parade, protesting against lynching and anti-black violence. Over 10,000 African American's marched. This was one of the first actions protesting for civil rights.

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An actor, activist, singer, writer and more. Believed that Black Americans should pursue things in art and culture as it would help overcome racism and make advances in a white dominated cultured.

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His involvement with the magazine FIRE!, Van Vechten was able to entice white individuals to visit Harlem and the night life their. His work condemned by DuBois, was praised by Zora Neal Hurston and Langston Hughes.

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Known for being the "The First Lady of Jazz", got her start at the Apollo theater.

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Wrote a paper that highlighted accomplishments made by African Americans and the ideas that African Americans deserve respect.

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Becoming the most influential jazz singer in history after performing at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.

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The co-founder for NAACP, created The Crisis Magazine. To which spoke about how the African-Americans were getting mistreated during this time period.

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The man who wrote the poem you see in the center here. Was famous through poems and novels, he felt that black culture should be celebrated to the public

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The first black performer to play at Carnegie Hall in 1928 and Metropolitan Opera House in the 1930's. She was an opera singer.

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Moving to New York City with his band and playing at exclusively white clubs. Ellington made a name for himself in the jazz industry, impacting the way jazz developed as an art form.

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A dance legend, Robinson brought African-American dance culture into people's lives through his performances on broadway.

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In the North the Negro had better educational facilities, is what this painting is called. Lawrence inspiration was from childhood education, as these three girls are drawing on a chalkboard. This is to symbolize their appreciation for being able to go to school.

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A famous painter during the Harlem Renaissance. He is known for his portrayal of African-American life.

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To Preserve Their Freedom, is what Lawrence named this piece. A piece about slaves fighting back from Napoleon who wanted to restore slavery in Haiti.

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The creator of The Lindy Hop, doing the Lindy Hop.

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The official magazine for NAACP, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. A magazine under editorship of W.E.B. Du Bois. This was the August issue in 1920.

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Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet. He made a huge impact on jazz.

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Droning a drowsy syncopated tune,
Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon,
I heard a Negro play.
Down on Lenox Avenue the other night
By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light
He did a lazy sway . . .
He did a lazy sway . . .
To the tune o’ those Weary Blues.
With his ebony hands on each ivory key
He made that poor piano moan with melody.
O Blues!
Swaying to and fro on his rickety stool
He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool.
Sweet Blues!
Coming from a black man’s soul.
O Blues!
In a deep song voice with a melancholy tone
I heard that Negro sing, that old piano moan—
“Ain’t got nobody in all this world,
Ain’t got nobody but ma self.
I’s gwine to quit ma frownin’
And put ma troubles on the shelf.”

Thump, thump, thump, went his foot on the floor.
He played a few chords then he sang some more—
“I got the Weary Blues
And I can’t be satisfied.
Got the Weary Blues
And can’t be satisfied—
I ain’t happy no mo’
And I wish that I had died.”
And far into the night he crooned that tune.
The stars went out and so did the moon.
The singer stopped playing and went to bed
While the Weary Blues echoed through his head.
He slept like a rock or a man that’s dead.