The Great Migration was the movement of approximately 6 million African Americans out of the South to the North that occurred between 1910 and 1970. Jacob Lawrence created The Migration of the Negro in 1940-1941 to represent the relocation of African Americans from the South to the North. In his sixty panels, he was able to depict the social struggles in both the North and South and the people’s dreams and frustrations of one day obtaining better education and economic equality in the North. Lawrence’s paintings reveal his commitment to preserving African American social history through his paintings.
Panel 1, “During the World War there was a great migration North by Southern Negroes,” opens up his sixty panel series. This painting is the …show more content…
It is also considered to be a rebirth of African American arts. Three major figures during the Harlem Renaissance include Alain Leroy Locke, Ma Rainey, and Louis Armstrong. Alain Leroy Locke was an American writer, philosopher and educator. He was known as the “Dean” of the Harlem Renaissance since he named the movement in 1925 as the “New Negro Movement.” Locke was the guest editor of the newspaper Survey Graphic titles “Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro.” This survey helped educate white readers about the flourishing nature of the movement. He later expanded the issue into The New Negro, which became one of best known works. Locke's philosophy stressed the importance of race building as well as black equality, blacks would no longer allow themselves to comply with white request. Ma Rainey, “The Mother of the Blues,” was one of the earliest known professional blues singers in America. What distinguished her from other female blues singers was her references to her lesbianism in her 1928 song “Prove it on Me.” She recorded with many other major figures of the Harlem Renaissance such as Louis Armstrong and Thomas Dorsey. Louis Armstrong was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer. He was well known for his scat singing which means vocalizing using sounds and syllables and not actual words. Armstrong was one of the first popular African American entertainers whose skin color was secondary to his
Panel 1, “During the World War there was a great migration North by Southern Negroes,” opens up his sixty panel series. This painting is the …show more content…
It is also considered to be a rebirth of African American arts. Three major figures during the Harlem Renaissance include Alain Leroy Locke, Ma Rainey, and Louis Armstrong. Alain Leroy Locke was an American writer, philosopher and educator. He was known as the “Dean” of the Harlem Renaissance since he named the movement in 1925 as the “New Negro Movement.” Locke was the guest editor of the newspaper Survey Graphic titles “Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro.” This survey helped educate white readers about the flourishing nature of the movement. He later expanded the issue into The New Negro, which became one of best known works. Locke's philosophy stressed the importance of race building as well as black equality, blacks would no longer allow themselves to comply with white request. Ma Rainey, “The Mother of the Blues,” was one of the earliest known professional blues singers in America. What distinguished her from other female blues singers was her references to her lesbianism in her 1928 song “Prove it on Me.” She recorded with many other major figures of the Harlem Renaissance such as Louis Armstrong and Thomas Dorsey. Louis Armstrong was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer. He was well known for his scat singing which means vocalizing using sounds and syllables and not actual words. Armstrong was one of the first popular African American entertainers whose skin color was secondary to his