what
explosion of African American artistic expression
when
end of world war 1mid 30s
where
New York City25 block area (purchased by Alain Locke)
causes
The Great MigrationWWI and Immigration Act of 1934Southern blight on crops
results
the New Negro Movement
themes
alienation, identity, and marginalityfolk materialblues tradition
leader
W.E.B. Du Bois
W.
E.B. Du Bois wrote
The Crisis (magazine of the times)
place
The Great Migration, from south to northManhattan, Long Island, NY
Langston Hughes wrote
short stories and poemsOn the RoadWho’s Passing for Who?
Ralph Ellison wrote
Battle Royale
Zora Neale Hurston wrote
How it Feels to be Colored Me
Henrietta Lacks
bioethicsTuskegee University, Alabama
musicians
Duke Ellington
