In little more than a decade during the 1920's and 1930's a new generation of African-American writers, artists, musicians and intellectuals burst through the conventions of the time, determined to describe their own lives and their own world frankly and without compromise. The Harlem Renaissance was born. The purpose of this SDG is to educate, entertain and open a window into the life and times of African-Americans in the 1920's and 1930's.
Week 1 - Not Without Laughter - Langston Hughes
Chapter 1 - 12
Week 2 - Not Without Laughter - Langston Hughes
Chapter 13 to finish
Week 3 - James Van Der Zee - Photographer
Lois Matlett Jones - Painter
Week 4- Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
Chapters 1 - 14
Week 5 - Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
Chapter 15 to completion.
Week 6 - Meta Faux Waller Fuller - Artist
Sargent Claude Johnson - Artist
Week 7 - Selected Short Stories of Zora Neale Hurston
John Redding Goes To Sea; Drenched in Light
The Gilded Six Bits; High John de Conquer
Sweat; Spunk; The Consciousness of the Court
The Eatonville Anthology; Mother Catherine
Week 8 - Selected Poems of Langston Hughes
The Negro Speaks of Rivers; Feet o'Jesus
I, Too; Montage of a Dream Deferred
Mother to Son; Harlem Night Song
Hard Daddy; The Jester
Poeme d'Automne; Madame and the Numbers Writer
Poems of your personal choosing.....
Week 9 - Augusta Savage, Artist
Aaron Douglas, Artist
Week 10 - Cane - Jean Toomer
Week 11 - Poetry & Selected Writings of Jean Toomer
I will Xerox & distribute poems and 1 select writing by Toomer
Week 12 - Elizabeth Catlett - Artist
Romare Bearden - Artist
Week 13 - Gwendolyn Bennett - poetry
Poems are available online through POETS.ORG
List will be available later
Week 14 - Class Party as we listen to the music of The Harlem Renaissance and celebrate this Epic Era!
Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Paul Robeson, Louie Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald
All of these books can be purchased from Amazon or other booksellers as used, paperback books. Total cost - under $35.00
1. Not Without Laughter - Langston Hughes
2. Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
3. Selected Poems of Langston Hughes - Vintage Classics
4. Cane - Jean Toomer
** POETS.org - Free Resource for the Poems of Gwendolyn Bennett
** I will Xerox and distribute the Poetry/Writings of Jean Toomer
** All of the chosen artists have Websites with abundant art selections to choose from. Those websites will be included in the Syllabus.
** All artwork will be presented in POWERPOINT format using a flash drive. We will have 2 pre-class training sessions to show everyone how to create a POWERPOINT and how to get your presentation on a flash drive. Easy Peasy!!!