The Harlem Renaissance
Eric Owens
W.E.B. DuBois
1909 helped found the National Association for the Advancement of the colored people.
Had been leading the voice in the African American community for many years.
Magazine editor of The Crisis
- Promoted a great African American arts movement in New York City in the 1920s
Marcus Garvey
- He believed that African Americans should look off of their own interests and don't involve whites
- Garvey and DuBois didn't get along they had differing viewpoints
- He was sent to jail for mail fraud
Artwork- Aaron Douglas
- Song of the Towers (artwork)
- Looks at African American's origins from Africa
- This was important because it helped show people where African Americans are from and their struggle
Writers- Langston Hughes
- The Negro Mother
- The poem is about a mother telling her children their life in slavery and how it helped her children to be free
- This was important because told America about the struggles of a slave and how African Americans should enjoy their freedom
Musicians- Duke Ellington
- Jeep's Blues
- Its about him showing his emotions through his music
- The song is important because it shows how he is feeling and the mood of the era