The Harlem Renaissance: African-American's Cultural Movement

Harlem Renaissance was African-American’s cultural movement that began in 1920, it was blossoming of African American culture in terms of literature and art starting in the 1920 to 1930 reflecting the growth of Black Nationalism and racial identity. Some universal themes symbolized throughout the Harlem Renaissance were the unique experience of thralldom slavery and egressing African-American folk customs on black individuality. African American population of United States highly contributed in this movement; they played a great role to support it. In fact, major contribution was made by black-owned businesses and publication of their literary works. Nevertheless, it relied on the patronization of whites.
Adelaide was born in Brooklyn, New York on 10/20/01. In 1921, Adelaide Hall debuted in the chorus of the Broadway musical
shuffle along, featuring Florence Mills and Paul Robeson. Two years later, she starred in the musical Running Wild. She traveled to Britain to co-start in the musical adaptation of The Sun never sleeps and quickly became one of England’s best-loved enter tamers. During World War II, she opened her home to American soldiers arriving in London in ever-increasing numbers. In the war’s final years, she joined the uniformed entertainment corps performing in Europe after the Allied invasion, often near the front lines. Hall gave her last performance in March 1992.
Broadway legend Bill “Bojangles” Robinson was born Luther Robinson in Richmond virgina, on May 25 1978. Robinson started his career as a vaudeville performer, transitioning to Broadway and to Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s. His delicate tap-dance style and cheerful demeanor made Robinson a favorite of both black and white audiences. Robinson was raised up by his grandmother. At the age of 5, Robinson been dancing for a living performing in local beer gardens. The Hot Mikado a jazz-inspired interpretation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta, Robinson celebrated his 61st birthday public by dancing down 61 blocks of Broadway.
Jazz Vocalist Billie Holiday was born April 7, 1915, in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
Holiday had a thriving career as a Jazz singer for many of years before she lost her battle with substance abuse. In 2000, Billie Holiday was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Holiday spent much of her childhood in Baltimore, Maryland. Her mother, Sadie was only a teenager when she had her. Her father is widely believed to Clarence holiday, who eventually became a successful jazz musician, playing with the likes of fletcher Henderson. In her difficult early life, holiday found solace in music, singing along to the records of Bessie smith and Louis Armstrong; holiday began singing in local clubs and renamed her “Billie”. Holiday became involved with Louis McKay. The two were arrested for narcotics in 1956 and they married in Mexico the following year like many other men in her life, McKay used holiday name and money to advance himself despite all of the trouble she had been experiencing with her voice, she manage to give an impressive performance on the CBS television broadcast the sound of jazz with ben Webster, Lester young and Coleman
Hawkins.
Jacob Lawrence was an American painter, and he most widely acclaimed African American artist of the 20th century. Jacob was born in New Jersey but raised in new york city’s Harlem he brought the African American experience to life using blacks and browns juxtaposed with vivid colors, he also taught , and spent 15 years as a professor at the university of Washington. At the outbreak of World War II, Lawrence was drafted into the United States Coast Guard after being briefly stationed in Florida and Massachusetts. He was assigned to be the coast guard artist aboard a troopship, documenting the experience of war around the world.
All these people was famous some of them sing or dancer or they are musicians.