The Harlem Renaissance A Visitors Guide

Charlie Lott CAP English 9

Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1872. His father Joshua was former slave who served in the Civil War, and his mother Matilda was also a former slave. After Joshua left, Matilda supported the poor family on her own. Paul began to write poetry as early as the age of six, and after graduating high school as the only African-American in his class went on to write essays and poems throughout is life. He moved to New York and took part in the Harlem Renaissance during the late 1800s, eventually dying in Chicago in part due to alcoholism and depression at the age of 33 in 1906.

Blue Group November 19, 2013

The Harlem Renaissance

This is a period when many African-American expressionists have flourished, especially in Harlem, New York. Many of the bi-products of this Renaissance include jazz, blues, racial integration, and the back to Africa movement. If youre looking for a good time with great fun and entertainment, this is the place for you!

Art, Music, and Writing!

Racial pride has led to the establishment of the New Negro, who embraces jazz and blues music. Art is giving serious renditions of black American life, rather than the caricatures predominant in earlier works. Tone poems are commonly read of sung forcefully as a way to show African-American pride and the emerging of a black middle class.

Social Impact
The Harlem Renaissance has brought to the nations attention the true nature of segregation and the need for racial equality, planting the seed for later movements in civil rights. It has also brought countless AfricanAmericans from the South the industrialized parts of the North, including Chicago, New York, and Washington D.C.

The Cotton Club: One of many jazz venues

Nightlife by Archibald J. Motley

Protest sign against segregation