Harlem Renaissance project by Ashlie CruzNavarrete

James Van Der Zee - Harlem Dance class, 1928

acruznavarrete — 2025-02-12 14:26:24 UTC

In this artwork, you can see that 5 girls are dancing. They all have similar clothes but are different at the same time. They are all doing a similar dance so it might be a dance they created to a song they played and are dancing to it.

One of the themes that this artwork relates to is creativity, They are showing dance moves to express themselves. They are showing how the music makes them feel. The second theme this artwork has is pride in their culture, They seem happy to be there and sharing a moment like that. They are not shy or ashamed to be dancing but happy.

Claude Mckay - "If we must die"

acruznavarrete — 2025-02-12 14:31:34 UTC

This is a sad poem. It's talking about death. This poem says that when they die they want to die in peace. Not only that but they want to die fighting for their rights. They want to be honored for how far they had fought before they had to rest forever. Even though he wrote a sad poem you can see the joy on his face. Proud of his culture.

This poem talks about overcoming hardships how mad white people are dangerous, And all the terrible things they did to them. It also has a battle of racism. He encourages them not to be still and let it happen but to fight for their rights.

Langston Hughes - Slave on the Block

acruznavarrete — 2025-02-12 14:53:59 UTC

Exposition- There was a white couple named Carraway that liked negros and were looking for one.T he only problem was that the negro didn't like the couple.

Rising Action- They found a negro they liked and hired him to do the garden and Anne started to have an obsession for the negro.

Climax - They found out that Maddie and Luther were sleeping together. Another thing that happened was that Luther insulted Michael's mom.

Falling Action - They get fired and tell the carroway to pay them for their work.

Resolution - Anne loses her Jungle Boy.

This story talks about the black identity. The things Anne made her jungle boy do. This also has a battle of racism because they wouldn't call them by their name, They would say "Negro" or "Jungle boy". It also had a lot of how they treated them.

Louis Armstrong - Go Down Moses

acruznavarrete — 2025-02-12 15:03:36 UTC

This song talks about freedom. Telling Moses to set his people free. The song talks about how to liberate the ancient people from Egyptian slavery. He wanted someone to come to rescue his people and lead them to freedom.

The theme of this song is the battle of racism, asking for help, Asking to let his people go. He put Moses as an example because he did the same thing with the Egyptians. Another theme of this song is hope, hope that they get to be free. He did this song to protest for black people.