The Harlem Renaissanse
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mickus96 on October 18, 2011
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african-american history since emancipation
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12 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The New Negro | Urban, Northern, finding a voice, growing sense of shared experience or solidarity, independent, self respecting, no longer a mammy or auntie,, A term coined by Alain Locke in essay with same title, it refers to a new sense of identity for blacks. Embodied ideals of Harlem Renaissance, new reality of urban, unified, pushing limits, resisting Jim Crow. , the advancement of the perspective of the african american a term coined in 1925. |
| Jazz Age | Name for the 1920s, because of the popularity of jazz-a new type of American music that combined African rhythms, blues, and ragtime |
| Langston Hughes | African American poet who described the rich culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African American hope and defiance, as well as the culture of Harlem and also had a major impact on the Harlem Renaissance. |
| Zora Neale Hurston | Black writer who wanted to save African American folklore. She traveled all across the South collecting folk tales, songs & prayers of Black southerners. Her book was called Mules and Men. |
| James Weldon johnson | NAACP leader and Harlem Renaissance writer; he wrote poetry and, with his brother, the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing." |
| The Crisis | the NAACP published the magazine and promoted an identity for African Americans, and spoke on injustice |
| The Brownies Book | stories and poems by people such as Langston Hughes, who was a teenage contributor, and other writers and visual artists who addressed the intellects and spirits of African-American children and young adults |
| alain Locke | Claimed the "New Negro" needed black artists to help African Americans throw off subjugation and discover the race's true identity |
| Paul Robeson | African American actor and singer who promoted African American rights and left-wing causes |
| William Grant Still | African-American; first to have work performed by major orchestra; incorporates blues, spirituals, jazz; Afro-American Symphony |
| Bessie Smith | African American blues singer who played and important role in the Harlem Reniassance. |
| Negritude | An ideological position that holds African American culture to be independent and valid on its own terms. |
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