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The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife - this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost…He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without having the doors of opportunity closed roughly in his face.

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This Is Harlem                                   Jacob Lawrence 

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This Is Harlem                                   Jacob Lawrence 

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In this Painting you see a perfect representation of Harlem in its day. This was its own world and birth place of African American culture.

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Here we see a black man trying to break from his chains as he is now aware that he, too, deserves to be free and move forward.

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Into Bondage                  Aaron Douglas

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Into Bondage                  Aaron Douglas

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Here a black man seeing the light, the light representing a place of freedom and equality and in front of him there are other African Americans walking towards it

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Aspiration                                       Aaron Douglas

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Aspiration                                       Aaron Douglas

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In this painting you can see those who have not migrated wanting to migrate or are planning too. This is their hope and their goals.

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Ascent of Ethiopia           Lois Mailou Jones

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Ascent of Ethiopia           Lois Mailou Jones

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In this painting Lois expresses the hardships of Africans and their movement towards equality and identity in the United States.

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"I've always been interested in history, but they never taught Negro history in the public schools... I don't see how a history of the United States can be written honestly without including the Negro."

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Great Migration Series                    Jacob Lawrence

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Great Migration Series                    Jacob Lawrence

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The Harlem Renaissance was the movement of the Negro American taking their rightful place in society and contributing culture and intellect to the Country. Here the first step of the Harlem Renaissance was migrating to the city to begin a new life

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Great Migration Series                             Jacob Lawrence 

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Great Migration Series                             Jacob Lawrence 

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Here you can see a large amount of African Americans moving to larger cities and out of the Jim Crow south

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Langston Hughes
I am the darker brother.  They send me to eat in the kitchen.  When company comes, but I laugh, and I eat well, and I grow strong.
Tomorrow, I'll be at the table when company comes. Nobody'll dare say to me, "Eat in the kitchen,“ then. Besides, they'll see how beautiful I am and be ashamed-- I, too, am America.

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The Builders                                Jacob Lawrence 

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The Builders                                Jacob Lawrence 

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In this painting you can see white and black laborers working among each other. I believe this painting symbolizes white and black men building a better America for everyone.

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The Library                                Jacob Lawrence

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The Library                                Jacob Lawrence

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In this painting you see a library full of Negro scholars. I believe this the core of the Harlem Renaissance. Education fed the movement and helped expand ideas and theories.

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Schomburg Library                               Jacob Lawrence         

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Schomburg Library                               Jacob Lawrence         

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Here you see African Americans educating themselves so that they may confidently take their place in society

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Street Life, Harlem                    William H. Johnson

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Street Life, Harlem                    William H. Johnson

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In this painting this is a direct representation of the Jazz lifestyle led by several African Americans

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Here is just a what a regular summer street in Harlem is.

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Dans Un Cafe Paris                             Lois Mailou Jones

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Dans Un Cafe Paris                             Lois Mailou Jones

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In this painting I believe there is a timeline of how and African American woman became to be and she should be celebrated and respected. She has come a long way and deserves human rights and equality

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The way women began to dress was like a giveaway on who was in on the movement. It was a form of expressing support to the Renaissance.

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During the Harlem Renaissance, women were exercising the idea that women are intellectuals and must hold themselves to such a standard. The set fashion statements that soon became the image he New Negro Woman

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Lady with Fur Jacket                       James Van Der Zee

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Lady with Fur Jacket                       James Van Der Zee

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the Woman in the fur jacket is a representation of what a woman in the movement was and how she was glamorous and confident.

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Jessie smith was another vital part of African American culture. She was one of the most popular blues singers in Vaudeville.She was one of the biggest stars of Harlem Renaissance.

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The Cotton Club was very successful Jazz club that had a primarily black orchestra. Here white Americans and African Americans danced together and for some this was the getaway of the harsh realities of the United States.

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Jammin At the Savoy                              Romare Bearden

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Jammin At the Savoy                              Romare Bearden

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Here you see a Jazz band really getting into the music that originated in A.A. culture.

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Ellington was one of the most influential Jazz musicians in history. He was pinpoint in African American culture in Harlem.

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Saturday Night                                   Archibald Motley Jr.

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Saturday Night                                   Archibald Motley Jr.

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Here is what a Saturday night in Harlem looked like, these nights are what African Americans in Harlem looked forward to.

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It Don't Mean A Thing( If it Ain't Got That Swing)

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It Don't Mean A Thing( If it Ain't Got That Swing)

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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing
Well it don’t mean a thing all you got to do is sing

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Nightlife                                                  Archibald Motley Jr.

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Nightlife                                                  Archibald Motley Jr.

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Here is another aspect of the nightlife in Harlem, the getaway and entertainment in which culture is expressed.

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In this photograph I believe that this couple is the representation of what African Americans hope to achieve. To be have the glamour and suave lifestyles as seen in this picture.

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Art Class                                              William H. Johnso

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Art Class                                              William H. Johnso

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This is an example of Negro culture being taught and passed to the next African American.

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Gamin                                                 Augusta Savage 

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Gamin                                                 Augusta Savage 

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This Sculpture was to represent young African American men who roamed the streets of Harlem and gave people racial pride and dignity

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Quilting Time                                      Romare Bearden

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Quilting Time                                      Romare Bearden

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Here you can see a different type of art. Quilting was used to tell stories on fabric about the struggles and hardships of African American history

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Here you see a woman giving a man cornrows. This hairstyle was usually seen on black Americans, went down in A.A. history, and is still be seen today.