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Harlem Renaissance
Project
Victor Bahena
Male African American Poets
African American Male Poets
PICTURE OF
ARTIST
NAME OF ARTIST,
LIFE SPAN AND
BIRTH PLACE
Langston Hughes
1902-1967
Joplin, Missouri
Countee Cullen
1903-1946
Harlem, NY
Claude McKay
1889-1948
James Hill, Clarendon,
Jamaica
Jean Toomer
1894-1967
Washington D.C.
TYPE OF WORK
AND COMMON
THEMES
Poetry:
Black music, racial
affirmation, and racial
protest.
Poetry
Jamaican writer,
novelist, humanist,
communist
Poet, Novelist
FAMOUS
WORK(S)
The Negro Speaks of
Rivers
Dreams Deferred
Color
Home to Harlem,
Banjo,
Banana Bottom
Cane, Problem of
Civilization, The Flavor
of Man
Female African American Poets
African American female Poets
PICTURE OF POET
NAME OF ARTIST,
LIFE SPAN, AND
BIRTH PLACE
TYPE OF WORK
AND COMMON
THEMES
FAMOUS WORKS
Jessie Redmon Fauset
1882-1961
Snow Hill, New Jersey
Editor, poet, essayist,
novelist
There is Confusion,
Plum Bun, The
Chinaberry Tree
Gwendolyn B. Bennett
1902-1981
Giddings, Teas
Writer, Playwright,
Novelist, Teacher
Heritage, Theodore
Ward, Wind, Song
Angelina Weld Grimke
1880-1958
Boston, Massachusetts
Journalist, poet
The Eyes of My Regret,
April, Trees
Anne Lane Petry
1908-1997
Old Saybrook,
Connecticut
writer
Like a Winding Sheet,
The Street, Country
Place
Dreams by Langston Hughes
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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a brokenwinged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
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This poem means to
never give up and to
have hope.
African American Artists
African American Artists
Picture of
painter
Name of artist Type of work
lifespan, birth
place
Most famous
works
William H. Johnson
1901-1970
I Baptize Thee,
Jitterbug, Street
Painter
Musicians
Louis Mailou Jones
1905-1998
Sargent Claude
Johnson
Painter
Initiation Liberia, Les
Fetiches
Sculptor, Painter
Forever Free, Standing
Woman, Dorothy C
African American Musicians
African American Musicians
Picture of
musician
Name, lifespan,
birthplace
Louis Armstrong
1901-1971
New Orleans, Louisiana
Type of music
Jazz musician
Josephine Baker
1906-1975
St. Louis, Missouri
Musician, Dancer,
Singer
Edward Kennedy
Ellington
1899-1974
Washington D.C.
Composer, conductor,
pianist
Most famous
songs
Aint Misbehavin, Hot
Chocolate, April In
Paris
J’ai deux amours,
Zouzou, Princess
Tamtam
Moon Indigo,
Sophisticated Lady,
Satin Doll, Cottontail
Conclusion Page
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I have learned about many African
American writers, artists, and musicians of
the Harlem Renaissance.
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Works cited: pictures and all information
from wikipedia.com