Harlem Renaissance: A Cultural Explosion in New York During the 20s and 30s
The Harlem Renaissance was a transformative period in New York during the 1920s and 1930s, marked by significant social and artistic changes. It witnessed an eruption of creativity in various forms such as poetry, photography, writing, literature, and music. Iconic figures like Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Claude McKay, and Arna Bontemps were key contributors to this flourishing cultural movement, addressing important themes of identity, race, and hope through their works.
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Harlem Renaissance Began in New York, during 20 s & 30 s An explosion of: Social changes Artistic work Poetry Photography Writing & literature Music Cultural changes
Langston Hughes (1902-1967) Biography.com Short Video Biography.com Short Video Born in Missouri World traveler Held many jobs Love of Jazz and Blues Hope in humanity
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And 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 Reading Weary Blues Reading Weary Blues I, too, am America.
Countee Cullen (1903-1946) Adopted by a reverend Lived in Harlem New York University Harvard Masters Program Teacher from 1934
To America James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) How would you have us, as we are? Or sinking neath the load we bear? Our eyes fixed forward on a star? Or gazing empty at despair? Rising or falling? Men or things? With dragging pace or footsteps fleet? Strong, willing sinews in your wings? Or tightening chains about your feet? Lift Every Voice and Sing
Claude McKay (1889-1948) America Although she feeds me bread of bitterness, And sinks into my throat her tiger s tooth, Stealing my breath of life, I will confess I love this cultured hell that tests my youth. Her vigor flows like tides into my blood, Giving me strength erect against her hate, Her bigness sweeps my being like a flood. Yet, as a rebel fronts a king in state, I stand within her walls with not a shred Of terror, malice, not a word of jeer. Darkly I gaze into the days ahead, And see her might and granite wonders there, Beneath the touch of Time s unerring hand, Like priceless treasures sinking in the sand. If We Must Die Harlem Shadows Harlem Shadows
Arna Bontemps (1902-1973) A Black Man Talks of Reaping I have sown beside all waters in my day. I planted deep, within my heart the fear that wind or fowl would take the grain away. I planted safe against this stark, lean year. Born in Louisiana Grew up in L.A. Teacher in Harlem Husband & father Head Librarian Fisk U. I scattered seed enough to plant the land in rows from Canada to Mexico but for my reaping only what the hand can hold at once is all that I can show. Yet what I sowed and what the orchard yields my brother's sons are gathering stalk and root; small wonder then my children glean in fields they have not sown, and feed on bitter fruit.
Portrait in Georgia Hair--braided chestnut, coiled like a lyncher s rope, Eyes--fagots, Lips--old scars, or the first red blisters, Breath--the last sweet scent of cane, And her slim body, white as the ash of black flesh after flame.
