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Cultural Capitol of Black America: Writers and Artists in Harlem, 1919-1939 Prof. Rodger Birt Fall 2020 - Fromm Institute

We Week by We Week Week 1 Renaissance in Harlem; Harlem in New York. The Harlem Renaissance in African American History [1, 10, 12, 19, 39]. The first anthologies [42, 44, 45, 47]. Week 2 Mentor in Chief; Alain Locke and his “New Negro(es)” [20, 46]. The art of getting published: Magazines and collections [42, 44, 45, 47]. Week 3 “Up You Mighty Race”; W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, and Visions of the future [49, 13, 5, 6]. Politics between World Wars: Democrats, Republicans, Communists in Harlem [15]. Week 4 Harlem’s literary terrain – Black and white and read all over (Hughes, Hurston, Larsen, Toomer); almost as much (Cullen, Fauset, Fisher, McKay, Thurman, and VanVechten). [7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 17, 22, 25-38]. Week 5 Harlem's Literary Terrain-Part Two. Week 6 Art and Photography, Part One. [40, 41]. Week 7 Art and Photography, Part Two. [23, 4]. Week 8 All Things Considered.

The The H Har arle lem R m Renais naissance ance

Th The Historical Moment, 1916-1935 1935 • 1. End of the Flu Pandemic • 2. End of World War One • 3. Ratification of the 19 th Amendment • 4. Prohibition (18 th Amendment) • 5. Presidencies: Woodrow Wilson; Warren Harding; Calvin Coolidge; Herbert Hoover • 6. The Continuing Caste System

Th The Historical Moment, Continued • 7. Seasons of Our Discontent: “Race Riots” across America • a) East St. Louis, IL-1917 • b) Charleston, SC-1919 • c) Longview, TX-1919 • d) Washington, DC-1919 • e) Chicago, IL-1919 • f) Ocoee, FL-1921 • g) Tulsa, OK-1920 • h) Rosewood, FL-1923

Th The Harlem Renaissance and the Arc of History: Th The Elder Mentors W.E.B. DuBois: A “Representative Life” Alain Locke: The First “New Negro”

Portrait of DuBois

Portrait of Locke

Pr Primary Sources: Renaissance Authors • Alain Locke, Ed., Survey Graphic (March, 1925): “Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro”. (45) • Alain Locke, Ed., The New Negro, 1926. (46) • Charles S. Johnson, Ed., Ebony and Topaz, 1927. (44) • Wallace Thurman, Ed., Fire! , 1926. (4) • Nancy Cunard, Ed., Negro: An Anthology, 1934. (42)