Questions for Thinking and Writing, Hughes - Part 2

After watching the lecture, answer these questions.

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Gwynn notes that Langston Hughes spent most of his adult life in Harlem, and was a key player in the Harlem Renaissance movement. What was the Harlem Renaissance? Why was it an important period in American literary history? How did it influence future social, intellectual, and political events in the latter half of the twentieth century? To learn more about the Harlem Renaissance, visit the Kennedy Center’s webpage “Drop Me Off in Harlem.”

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Gwynn observes that Harlem was a “magnet” for African American artists, including painters and musicians as well as writers. Visit Online NewsHour’s site on the art of the Harlem Renaissance hosted by PBS and the Rhapsody in Black website hosted by the Institute of International Visual Arts. In what ways does the art of the Harlem Renaissance connect to the poetry by artists writing at this time? Pick a poem by one or several of the poets Gwynn cites in this lecture and try to draw some comparisons between the art and the poetry of the period.

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