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What were the 'Jim Crow laws'?
What was the impact of the Great Migration on African Americans?
What was the significance of Harlem during the Great Migration?
What were the circumstances of most former slaves after the Civil War?
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What was the impact of white supremacy after the Civil War?
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What did the migrants bring with them to the North?
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Where was Archibald Motley born?
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What did Archibald Motley study in France?
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What did Archibald Motley focus on in the 1930s?
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What did Motley try to portray through his paintings?
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Who became known as a major inspiration of the new Harlem Renaissance art?
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What did Aaron Douglas's art primarily depict?
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What was the subject of Jacob Lawrence's masterpiece series?
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What artistic style was Jacob Lawrence known for using?
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'From every southern town migrants left by the hundreds to travel north,' is a panel from which artist's series?
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Study Notes
The Harlem Renaissance and Artists of the Movement
- Harlem was the heart of the Harlem Renaissance, a major cultural movement in the 1920s, with a focus on African American artists, writers, and entertainers.
- The movement led to the development of African American-owned and operated publishing houses, music companies, playhouses, nightclubs, and cabarets in Harlem.
- The Great Depression brought an end to the prosperity of the Harlem Renaissance, but its impact expanded worldwide, challenging racist stereotypes and illuminating the talents of African Americans.
- Aaron Douglas, born in Kansas, became known as a major inspiration of the new Harlem Renaissance art, integrating Cubism and African influences into his work.
- Douglas's art depicted African Americans in music, poetry, and action, using limited color ranges and darker tones to represent social lives and struggles.
- "Let My People Go" by Aaron Douglas demonstrates his flat style, depicting African American oppression with traditional tones of mauve and yellow gold.
- Jacob Lawrence, born in New Jersey, documented African American history and experiences through paintings, prints, and large murals, including a series of sixty panels depicting the Great Migration.
- Lawrence's masterpiece series depicted the emotional journeys, hopes, struggles, and achievements of almost a million African Americans migrating from the southern states to the north and west.
- Lawrence's style was based on synthetic Cubism, using geometric forms and abstracted figures, with a constant palette of oranges and yellow contrasted with blue-green and gray-browns.
- Each panel in Lawrence's series was numbered in a specific order, depicting financial hardships, southern injustices, migration, and the migrant's life in the north.
- Panel number 3 in Lawrence's series is labeled "From every southern town migrants left by the hundreds to travel north," depicting people resolutely moving northwards, accompanied by a flock of birds, symbolizing hope.
- The series by Jacob Lawrence and the work of Aaron Douglas are significant contributions to the Harlem Renaissance and the cultural history of African Americans.
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Test your knowledge about the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in the 1920s in Harlem, New York. This quiz covers the key events, figures, and impact of this significant period in African American history.
