Harlem Renaissance Questions
- Describe how the Harlem Renaissance can be regarded as a reaction against/to the dominant white American culture?
- Describe how the creative expression of African Americans in the 1920s led to a new black cultural identity.
- Describe the positive reaction that white Americans had towards the Harlem Renaissance.
- Describe the negative reaction that white Americans had towards the Harlem Renaissance.
Whole Group Response Question: How can the Harlem Renaissance be regarded as a reaction to the horrors of World War I and the general cultural confusion that pervaded Europe and (white) America?
Harlem Renaissance Research Links
A New African American Identity: The Harlem Renaissance
US History: The Harlem Renaissance
American Culture in the 1920s
Jazz and the African American Literary Tradition
History: The Great Migration
The Harlem Renaissance: What Was It, and Why Does It Matter?
The Harlem Renaissance in the American West
The Costs of White Patronage
Harlem Renaissance ushered in a new era of black pride
How black culture in the US took off after First World War
How World War I Sparked an Artistic Movement that Transformed Black America
US History: The Harlem Renaissance
American Culture in the 1920s
Jazz and the African American Literary Tradition
History: The Great Migration
The Harlem Renaissance: What Was It, and Why Does It Matter?
The Harlem Renaissance in the American West
The Costs of White Patronage
Harlem Renaissance ushered in a new era of black pride
How black culture in the US took off after First World War
How World War I Sparked an Artistic Movement that Transformed Black America