7.1 The Harlem Renaissance Art and Culture by Sofia Bruns

Incident- by Countee Cullen

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"Once riding in old Baltimore, Heart-filled, head-filled with glee, I saw a Baltimorean Keep looking straight at me. Now I was eight and very small, And he was no whit bigger, And so I smiled, but he poked out His tongue, and called me, 'Nigger.' I saw the whole of Baltimore From May until December; Of all the things that happened there That's all that I remember."

Meaning:

"Incident" is a really powerful poem that captures a moment of racism experienced by the speaker when they were a child. It takes place in Baltimore, and the poem shows how a joyful moment for the speaker is suddenly interrupted by an act of racial hostility. The contrast between the initial happiness and the painful incident highlights the abrupt and jarring nature of racism.

the problem we all live with by Norman Rockwell

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This painting depicts Ruby Bridges, a six-year-old African American girl, being escorted by U.S. Marshals to an all-white school during the desegregation crisis. It powerfully conveys the innocence of childhood confronted by the harsh realities of racism.

American Gothic by Gordon Parks

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This is a photograph capturing a Black cleaning woman standing in front of an American flag with a broom and mop. The imagery and the title’s reference to Grant Wood's painting highlight the systemic inequalities and the overlooked lives of African Americans

Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery through Reconstruction" by Aaron Douglas

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This mural series illustrates the African American experience from slavery to the early 20th century. Douglas's use of silhouetted figures and symbolic elements captures both the struggles and the resilience of Black Americans.

"The Migration Series" by Jacob Lawrence

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A series of 60 paintings that narrate the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North in the early 20th century. Lawrence's work highlights the hardships and the hope that characterized this significant period in African American history.

Aaron Douglas, The Negro in an African Setting

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Norman Lewis, Jumping Jive

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James Lesesne Wells, Looking Upward

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Beauford Delaney, Can Fire in the Park

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Palmer Hayden, The Janitor Who Paints

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Frederick Brown, John Henry

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William H. Johnson, Sowing

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'Blues,' by Archibald J. Motley, JR.

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'Girl in pink dress,' By Laura Wheeler Waring.

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Jacob Lawrence's Bar and Grill

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