How have African Americans used art, music and literature to express themselves in the 20th and 21st centuries? Using examples from our texts what periods have spawned the most artistic creativity? Why? What periods do not seem to be as represented by artistic movements and why? Does art and music inspire political action or reflect it?

How have African Americans used art, music and literature to express themselves in the 20th and 21st centuries? Using examples from our texts what periods have spawned the most artistic creativity? Why? What periods do not seem to be as represented by artistic movements and why? Does art and music inspire political action or reflect it?

Discuss the change in African American society created by the Great Migration. How did black people’s lives change socially, politically, economically and artistically (including the Harlem Renaissance)? Explain the difference between life in the North and the South for African Americans and the difficulties each group faced. What did each group do to improve their situation?

Discuss the change in African American society created by the Great Migration.  How did black people’s lives change socially, politically, economically and artistically (including the Harlem Renaissance)? Explain the difference between life in the North and the South for African Americans and the difficulties each group faced. What did each group do to improve their situation?