George Gershwin
Composer who wrote uniquely American Music Example: Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue
Georgia O’Keeffe
Artist known for urban scenes and paintings of SouthwestExample: Deer’s skull with pedernal
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Novelist about Jazz Age of the 1920’sExample: The Great Gatsby
Aaron Copland
Composer who wrote uniquely American MusicExample: Appalachian Spring and Fanfare for the common man
John Steinbeck
A novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers during 1930’sExample: The Grapes of Wrath
Harlem Renaissance
African American artists, writers, and musicians based in Harlem revealed the freshness and variety of African Americans culture
Jacob Lawrence
A painter who chronicled the experiences of the Great Migration through artExample: Migration of the Negro
Langston Hughes
A poet who combined the experiences of African American cultural rootsExample: My people
Duke Ellington
Jazz MusicianExample: In a sentimental mood
Louis Armstrong
Jazz MusicianExample: What a wonderful world
Bessie Smith
Blues SingerExample: Nobody knows you when you’re down and out
