Creators
Born in Missouri in 1901, he is one of the most famous poets of the Harlem Renaissance. He authored Harlem and The Negro Speaks of Rivers.
Who is Langston Hughes
The theme of this famous poem relates to deferring the American Dream and inspired the title of the play, A Raisin in the Sun,
What is Harlem by Langston Hughes?
An old narrative that if you work hard in this country, you will be successful.
What is the American Dream?
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
What is a simile?
A revival of or renewed interest in something.
What is a renaissance
These playwrights collaborated to create Shuffle Along.
Who are Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle?
This was the first musical on Broadway to have Black writers, actors, and producers and inspired a rise in jazz dancing.
What is Shuffle Along?
Or does it explode?
What is theme?
Born in Atlanta in 1880, this woman was one of the earliest Black, female playwrights and poets. She wrote Calling Dreams.
Who is Gloria Douglas Johnson?
Ms. Ashton's favorite Hughes poem, we read this metaphorical poem back in Quarter 1.
What is Mother to Son?
A common theme of the Harlem Renaissance at the heart of works such as The Negro Speaks of Rivers.
What is the Black experience/Black identity?
Election Day! Election Day! Hooray!
Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!
What is repetition?
A way of expressing oneself that does not use a word's strict or realistic meaning.
What is figurative language?
This DC native was born in 1899 and became one of the most famous jazz musicians of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Duke Ellington
This novel was published in 1937 and is widely considered the last written work of the Harlem Renaissance.
What is Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Another common theme of the Harlem Renaissance. It emerges in works such as Harlem and If We Must Die by Claude McKay.
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair
What is a metaphor?
The first is how the author intends the reader to feel. The second is how the author sounds, or their attitude in the piece.
What is mood and tone?
This poet was born in Jamaica in 1890 and wrote key works as "If We Must Die", Home to Harlem, and Harlem Shadows.
Who is Claude McKay?
Published by Claude Mckay in 1922, this book of poems is considered the first major work of poems in the Harlem Renaissance.
A factor that pulled many Black migrants to Harlem, where they could enjoy jazz, dance clubs, and the arts.
What is vibrant Black culture in NYC?
Her smile was my kryptonite.
What is an allusion?
Put off to a later time; delayed.
What is deferred?