HARLEM'S RENAISSANCE by Aras J Troy https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance The flourishing of black culture in America en-us 2016-10-15 18:05:57 UTC 2026-02-02 04:12:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Condos.png YOU AND YOUR WHOLE RACE dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130932835 You and your whole race.
Look down upon the town in which you live
And be ashamed.
Look down upon white folks
And upon yourselves
And be ashamed
That such supine poverty exists there,
That such stupid ignorance breeds children there
Behind such humble shelters of despair—
That you yourselves have not the sense to care
Nor the manhood to stand up and say
I dare you to come one step nearer, evil world,
With your hands of greed seeking to touch my throat,
I dare you to come one step nearer me:
When you can say that
you will be free!

LANGSTON HUGHES]]> 2016-10-15 19:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130932835 LET AMERICA BE AMERICA AGAIN dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130933582 Excerpt:
O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free,
Equality is in the air we breathe.

(There's never been equality for me,
Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.")

LANGSTON HUGHES]]> 2016-10-15 19:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130933582 Aaron Douglas dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130933808 "...Our problem is to conceive, develop, establish an art era. Not white art painting black...let's bare our arms and plunge them deep through laughter, through pain, through sorrow, through hope... ]]> 2016-10-15 19:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130933808 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130933865 2016-10-15 19:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130933865 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130933898 ...Then let's sing it, dance it, write it, paint it. Let's do the impossible. Let's create something transcendentally material, mystically objective. Earthy. Spiritually earthy. Dynamic."]]> 2016-10-15 19:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130933898 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130933956 2016-10-15 19:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130933956 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130933995 ...through disappointment, into the very depths of the souls of our people and drag forth material crude, rough, neglected....]]> 2016-10-15 19:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130933995 Aaron Douglas' Paintins dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130934174 His spiritualistic, mystical painting style best exemplified the "New Negro Movement." His paintings explored African American history, from enslavement to the modern struggles.]]> 2016-10-15 19:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130934174 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130934209 2016-10-15 19:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130934209 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130934224 2016-10-15 19:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130934224 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130934523 2016-10-15 20:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130934523 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130934546 2016-10-15 20:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130934546 LANGSTON HUGHE dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130934704 Hughes is perhaps the most famous poet of the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote books of poetry that championed the idea that black identity should be celebrated. His most famous poems are  “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”, “Let America Be America Again”, and “One Way Ticket”.]]> 2016-10-15 20:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130934704 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130934972 2016-10-15 20:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130934972 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935063 Hughes continued to write until his death in 1962]]> 2016-10-15 20:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935063 Background image: dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935105 One of Aaron Douglas' iconic murals in his characteristic style represents the phases of the African American experience. Scroll past it, and notice the details of what's depicted.]]> 2016-10-15 20:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935105 THE COTTON CLUB dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935234 The Cotton Club was a center of Harlem art, music, drama and culture. Built in with the Duke Ellington. The club would host dance shows, vaudeville, and comedians. Its appeal to white New Yorkers, and contributed to the spreading of The New Negro philosophy into the mainstream.]]> 2016-10-15 20:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935234 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935383 Placeholder]]> 2016-10-15 20:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935383 THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935680 Duke Ellington's jazz orchestra gained a national profile performing at the Cotton Club during the 1920's. He viewed music as liberating, and songs became iconic in the era.]]> 2016-10-15 20:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935680 Ethel Waters dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935775 Waters was a notable singer and performer at the Cotton Club. She sang the blues, jazz and acted.
"We are all gifted, that is our inheritance"]]> 2016-10-15 20:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935775 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935902 2016-10-15 20:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935902 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935942 2016-10-15 20:34:08 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935942 Ethel Waters, a Blues pioneer dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935957 Ethel Waters was first African American woman nominated for an Emmy Award.
On the right, she sings while John Bubbles dances along.]]> 2016-10-15 20:34:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130935957 Duke Ellington dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130936316 He lived from 1899 to 1974]]> 2016-10-15 20:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130936316 Zora Neale Hurston dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130936695 She was an Anthropologist with an eccentric, folksy writing style. Her short story "Spunk," she illustrates the African American "voice" or speaking style. Her contributions to the flowering of black culture are represented by the inclusion of "Spunk" in Alain Locke’s 1925 collection The New Negro.]]> 2016-10-15 20:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130936695 Alain LeRoy Locke dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130936895 Locke has often been descried as the "philosophical architect" of the Harlem Renaissance. His collection The New Negro codified many writers and poets of the era.]]> 2016-10-15 20:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130936895 FLETCHER HENDERSON dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937224 He was a jazz pioneer in the age of swing. He is often credited with popularizing the big band style of arrangement for jazz.]]> 2016-10-15 21:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937224 THE JAZZ AGE dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937295 The 1920's and the Harlem Renaissance are often associated with the sudden popularity of jazz music. Jazz took orchestral and brass instruments and created a new, distinctly black sound. Jazz exemplifies the type of innovation tha characterizes the Harlem Renaissance. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong was one prominent jazz performer.]]> 2016-10-15 21:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937295 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937299 2016-10-15 21:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937299 LOUIS ARMSTRONG dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937438 Though he was born into a poor family in New Orleans, Louis Armstrong made his career in Chicago. He was an influential figure in the Harlem Renaissance, bringing black culture to a wider audience.]]> 2016-10-15 21:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937438 Bessie Smith dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937603 She was a wildly popular jazz and blues singer in the 1920's, popular with both black and white audiences. She performed with many other artists, including Louis Armstrong.]]> 2016-10-15 21:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937603 Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937672 2016-10-15 21:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937672 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937699 2016-10-15 21:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937699 St. Louis Blues dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937739 I hate to see that evening sun go down
I hate to see that evening sun go down
Cause my baby, he's gone left this town
Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today
If I'm feelin' tomorrow like I feel today
I'll pack my truck and make my give-a-way
St. Louis woman with her diamond ring
Pulls that man around by her, if it wasn't for her and her
That man I love would have gone nowhere, nowhere
I got the St. Louis blues
]]> 2016-10-15 21:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937739 JACOB LAWRENCE dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937832 Lawrence was a black painter in Harlem whose paintings depicted African American life, as well as the Great Migration, in which thousands or millions of black Americans fled the rural south for the cities and industrial centers of the north. Below is his self-portrait]]> 2016-10-15 21:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937832 Jacob Lawrence's paintings dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937929 Depicting black women ironing clothes. Notice the style: the patterns, the symmetry in design, the bright colors.]]> 2016-10-15 21:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937929 Jacob Lawrence paintings dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937979 Depicting the Great Migration into three major Northern cities]]> 2016-10-15 21:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130937979 Harlem Renaissance fashion dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938062 Innovations in African American fashion were an important part of the movement: women often expanded on the "flapper" style of the era, while men sought sophisticated urban styles. New fashion represented growing individualism, optimism, and confidence.]]> 2016-10-15 21:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938062 Men's fashion dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938158 The new era could be exemplified with the "zoot suit." using new textiles and styles, the slim suit represented the peak of self-expression and fashion.]]> 2016-10-15 21:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938158 EDMONIA LEWIS dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938433 Lewis was a black and Native American sculptor and artist and a New York native. She had little formal training, but she overcame the hurdles of the time and became a respected professional sculptor, breaking down barriers for both African Americans and women.]]> 2016-10-15 21:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938433 The Death of Cleopatra dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938571 Edmonia Lewis' sculpture of Cleopatra portrayed her in her moment of death, which was highly controversial at the time. Her willingness to challenge the taboos of the time awarded her some fierce critics.]]> 2016-10-15 21:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938571 Jessie Redmon Fauset dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938719 Fauset was a writer, author, editor and educator. In her revolutionary book "There is Confusion," she challenged societal norms by writing a biracial protagonist,and challenged concepts of good vs evil, black vs white, and black stereotypes, and explored the interconnectivity of the races in society.]]> 2016-10-15 21:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938719 Claude McKay dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938920 McKay was a Jamaican-American poet and author living in Harlem.His book Harlem Shadows was the first to be published in the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote about the African American experience, segregation, and racial violence]]> 2016-10-15 21:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938920 McKay's poems dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938980 Claude McKay's poetry was emotional and sobering. Looking back at the Harlem Renaissance, it is importance to remember that during the time of cultural invention, black people in America still faced significant setbacks, segregation, and hostility.]]> 2016-10-15 21:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938980 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938988 2016-10-15 21:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130938988 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130939011 2016-10-15 21:59:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130939011 Novels dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130939016 Claude McKay's novels exemplified the cultural phenomenal of the Harlem Renaissance--a clash between a flourishing of culture, and the struggle to find a place in an America that was often hostile.]]> 2016-10-15 21:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130939016 The New Negro Movement dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130939169 The cultural, political, and economic developments of the Harlem Renaissance remain significant because they empowered a community that historically had been disadvantaged, suppressed, and had their voices muted.]]> 2016-10-15 22:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130939169 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130939373 A flyer organization to pressure Congress to make lynching a federal crime.]]> 2016-10-15 22:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130939373 dj4j https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130939428 2016-10-15 22:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dj4j/harlemrenaissance/wish/130939428