- The Harlem Renaissance is an African American cultural movement of the 1920s and 1930s.
- It was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, NY.
- It is known as the New Negro Movement, the New Negro Renaissance, and the Negro Renaissance.
- It started near the end of World War 1.
- It was the first time that African American stories were published.
- The arts and literature of the African Americans attracted alot of attention.
- It was primarily in writing, but it also related to their music, art, theater, and politics.
- It started with the black middle class.
- Blacks were learning more, and getting more employment opportunities.
- Many blacks were moving North after the Civil War, this was a key factor.
- This is Langston hughes.
- An American writer from the Harlem Renaissance.
- He wrote poetry, plays, short stories, and novels.
- He wrote a collumn in a newspaper article called "Simple".
- He used simple to depict the everyday life of a black citizen.
- This is W.E.B. Du Bois
- He is the first black to be awarded a doctoral degree from Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
- He is an advocate of racial equality.
- He argued against Booker T. Washington's theory (that blacks should accept themselves as inferior).
- He is an American writer.
- This is Countee Cullen.
- He was an American poet.
- He wrote lyric poetry about the black experiance.
- He avoided stereotyping.
- He published many volumes of poetry, including Color (1925) and Copper Sun (1927).
Info from: Microsoft Student Encarta - search Harlem Renaissance - first article of the list.
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