(ENGL 325) The Harlem Renaissance: Early 20th-Century African American Literature, Art and Politics

3-4 Credits

Explore the extraordinary flowering of African American literary, artistic and political life in the early 20th century. Study masterpieces of African American literature, music, visual art, and political imagination. Consider how artists and activists represented the diversity of Black life in America and reimagined race relations during the Jim Crow era. Learn how works by Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Bessie Smith, Aaron Douglas and many others can assist us in realizing the promise of racial justice. Attribute/Distribution: CC, HE, HU, W