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    The document discusses the Harlem Renaissance, which was a cultural movement centered in Harlem, New York in the 1920s and 1930s. During this time, African American artists, writers, musicians and thinkers flourished in Harlem and their works explored themes of African American identity and culture. Key figures discussed include Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Nora Neale Hurston, who all made significant contributions to literature, music, and art during the Harlem Renaissance.

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    The document discusses the Harlem Renaissance, which was a cultural movement centered in Harlem, New York in the 1920s and 1930s. During this time, African American artists, writers, musicians and thinkers flourished in Harlem and their works explored themes of African American identity and culture. Key figures discussed include Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Nora Neale Hurston, who all made significant contributions to literature, music, and art during the Harlem Renaissance.

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    The document discusses the Harlem Renaissance, which was a cultural movement centered in Harlem, New York in the 1920s and 1930s. During this time, African American artists, writers, musicians and thinkers flourished in Harlem and their works explored themes of African American identity and culture. Key figures discussed include Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Nora Neale Hurston, who all made significant contributions to literature, music, and art during the Harlem Renaissance.

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    The passage discusses the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement centered in Harlem in the 1920s-1930s. It focuses on Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Nora Neale Hurston as influential artists of the time period.

    Artists like Duke Ellington were popular during the 1920s and Harlem Renaissance because they used their music to highlight black excellence and resist negative stereotypes. Ellington often performed at the Cotton Club, a popular nightclub in Harlem.

    Hurston likely meant that through her writing she aimed to represent her real experiences in the South and explore issues of race and gender identity.

    Harlem Renaissance

    Unit: Roaring 20s


    11th Grade U.S. History – Ms. Puente
    Objective of the day: I can ______ important individuals involved
    in the ___________.

    How might you predict jazz music will


    influence American society?

    What and where was the  The Harlem Renaissance was an


    Harlem Renaissance? __________________________
    _______ music, dance, art, etc.
    Try your best to draw an outline of the  It centered in _________ spanning
    state the Harlem Renaissance was located the 1920’s and 1930’s
    in.
    Draw it here:  Harlem was considered the center of
    the "New Negro Movement" which
    caught attention of people across
    America.

    How does the Great Migration  Economic opportunities of the time


    impact the Harlem caused African Americans to
    __________________________
    Renaissance? __________________
     In cities like New York, black
    Americans explored their opportunity
    in express themselves intellectually
    and socially.

    Connecting Prior Knowledge


    What economic opportunities would the
    North provide that the South did not offer to
    African Americans?

    Duke Ellington  Ellington was a_________ ______


    _______ during the Harlem
    Renaissance.
     Often performed at
    the____________, the premiere
    nightclub in Harlem during the 20s &
    30s Prohibition Era.

     Used his music to highlight black


    excellence as a resistance tactic
    against negative stereotypes often
    made popular by
    _________________.
    What sticks out to you?
    1. _____ 2. ______ 3. ______

    Langston Hughes  Hughes known for his


    ___________________

     Master in poetry, novels, short stories,


    and plays.

     Promoted equality, _______


    ________, and celebrated African
    American culture, humor, and
    spirituality.

    Nora Neale Hurston  An _______ _______ _____


    during the Harlem Renaissance.

     Helped shape future female African


    American writers’ approach to
    becoming involved in literary works.

     Hurston used real her experiences in


    the South to create a study of race and
    gender in which a woman finds her
    identity.

    You tell me…


    Why were artists like Duke Ellington
    popular during the 1920s and especially
    during the Harlem Renaissance?

    What do you believe Hurston meant in


    her words? 2-3 sentences
    Closing Question… 1.

    1. Find one additional fact about each of


    the three individuals we discussed in this
    lesson. (Ellington, Hughes, Hurston)

    2. What about the Harlem Renaissance


    would impact America going forward? (2- 2.
    4 sentences)

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