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Jessie Redmon Faust
A photo of Jessie
Jessie was born in the Camden County of New Jersey. She attended Cornell University after graduating from the Philadelphia High School for Girls. She was selected to join Phi Beta Kappa because she had done well at Cornell. She worked at a magazine called the Crisis before publishing
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Zora Neale Hurston
This link leads to a picture of Zora Neale Hurston.Zora Neale Hurston was an author during the Harlem Renassiance.
She arrived in New York when the Harlem Renassiance was at its peak. She had written a short story called "Spunk" that was featured in a landmark anthology called The New Negro. -
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Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington
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Duke Ellington was an influential composer, pianist, and bandleader. According to online sources, he also defined the sound of jazz during the Harlem Renassiance and past it. He had moved to NYC in the mid-1920s and lived there until his death. He had an orchestra that contained some of the best jazz players in history. -
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The Harlem Renissance
A cultural movement in Harlem, a mini-city within the big city of New York City. -
Mass Migration to Harlem (Lasted till end of Renassiance)
The cause for people to move to Harlem was caused by many things. The movement had begun shortly after the Civil War had ended. It gave freed slaves the opportunity to find jobs and live a normal life. Harlem had become a destination for those seeking jobs and those that want a center of culture in a single area. Even more people moved to Harlem after the end of World War 1 because the transition of workers from Europe
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Louis Armstrong (Major Jazz Influence)
Louis Armstrong had a significant influence in Jazz. He did this by shifting the attention of Jazz from group and band performances to solo performances. -
Cane (1923)
Cane
Cane is a novel published by Jean Toomer. Cane is a book that contains a series of vingettes that revolved around the origins of African-Americans in America as well as their experiences. It is a mix of stories, poems, and stuff. -
Publication of Fire!!
The publication of Fire had involved many young black writers who lived during the Harlem Renassiance. It was used to express the changing attitudes of young African-Americans as well as explore issues that aren't brought up as much in African-American society like interracial relationships. -
The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life (1929)
This was a novel that was published in 1929 by Wallance Thurman. It is well known as groud breaking because it explored colorism and racial discrimination in a black community. -
Black No More: Being an Account of the Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free, AD 1933-1940
Black No More is a satire on race relations within America that is written by George S. Schuyler. He targets the KKK and NCAAP by condemming the ways they went about race relations which was an obession and commodity back then.
