The lesson aims to introduce the students to the contributions of African American writers within the historical, social and cultural contexts of the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement. Poems analyze are by Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni and Sonia Sanchez. The significance of the poems...
The Harlem Renaissance, which refers to the emergence of talented black artists, began in New York in 1924. Black Americans, having endured racial discrimination in the South, migrated north in search of jobs and freedom. In addition to writers and poets, the Harlem Renaissance included African-...
Emily M Allmond