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Marcus Garvey, Duke Ellington, and Langston Hughes were only a few of the contributors.
Marcus Garvey was the national hero who saved of Jamaica. He lived from 1887-1940. He was also a famous publisher an journalist.
The Harlem Renaissance refers to the period in the 1920s and 1930s when Black poets, artists, singers, and actors were defining culture. Some of the key figures are W.E.B. Dubois, Billie Holiday, and Claude McKay.
Following are the 8 main most famous people of the era of the Harlem Renaissance :1 : Zora Neale hurston.2 : Langston hughes.3 : Duke Ellington.4 : Louis Armstrong.5 : Maya Angelou.6 : Bessie Smith.7 : Paul Robeson.8: Claude Mckay.
Marcus Garvey was not considered a direct part of the Harlem Renaissance cultural movement, which primarily focused on the flourishing of African American art, literature, and music. Garvey was a Jamaican political activist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement, advocating for the unity and empowerment of people of African descent worldwide. While his ideas influenced the thinking of many intellectuals and artists during the Harlem Renaissance, he was not an active participant in its artistic activities.
- Aaron Douglas- 1899-1979 - Lois Mailou Jones- 1905-1988 - Palmer Hayden - 1890-1973 - Archibald Motley-1891- 1981 - Jacob Lawrence-1917-2000 - Beauford Delaney-1901-1979 - Ernie Barnes-1938-2009
Signifiacant works produced during the Harlem Renaissance include:Three Plays for a Negro Theater writtren by Ridgely Torrence"If We Must Die", a sonnet by Claude McKay"Madame and the Minister" by Langston HughesAlpha Phi Alpha Basketball Team photograph by James Van Der ZeeJeunesse, a watercolor on paper by Palmer HaydenTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonHome to Harlem by Claude McKayThe Plum Bun by Jessie FausetSignificant movements during the Harlem Renaissance include:The Liberty League, the first organization of the "New Negro Movement" founded by Hubert Harrison"Back to Africa movement" promoted by Marcus GarveyThe National Urban League founded by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes
=Langston Hughes contributed a tremendous influence on black culture throughout the United States during the era known as the Harlem Renaissance. He is usually considered to be one of the most prolific and most-recognized black poets of the Harlem Renaissance. He broke through barriers that very few black artists had done before this period. Hughes was presented with a great opportunity with the rise black art during the 1920's and by his creative style of poetry, which used black culture as its basis and still appealed to all ethnicities.==Until the Harlem Renaissance, poetry and literature were dominated by white people and were all about white culture. However, during the 1920's, there was an explosion of black literature=
The cast of Savoring Harlem - 2012 includes: Gina Keatley as herself Marcus Samuelsson as himself
Duke Ellington was involved in music. Marcus Garvey was a publisher and political leader. Ernest Hemingway was an author and journalist. Both Langston Hughes and William Carlos Williams were poets.