Harlem Renaissance Packet

Listen, watch, and look at items A-O total watch listen time is roughly an 1 hour (about 58-63 minutes).

To assist you as you in organizing your time, I have were applicable indicated the individual and total watch/listen times for each clip. P& Q are optional texts.

I. Listen [Total listen time – 11 minutes and 55 seconds]:

A. “Just Because She Made Dem Goo Goo Eyes (1900)”[4:55]. Posted by Sheet Music Singer. July 6, 2018. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpPaTZnNk0w> Accessed 10.4.19.

B. “Manuel Romaine. ‘Daises Won’t Tell’ Edison Standard Record 10399 (1910)” [2:03]. Posted by Tim Gracyk. Sep. 13, 2014. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_8VPVX0nos> Accessed 10.4.19.

C. “‘La Pas Ma La’ by Ernest Hogan (1895, Ragtime piano)” [2:22]. Posted by Ragtimedorianhenry. Nov. 10, 2014. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvu_7l52LF4> Accessed 10.4.19.

D. “Miles & Bob Pratcher: ‘I’m Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die’ (1959)” [2:35]. Posted by Alan Lomax Archives. Jan. 26, 2011. Youtube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7fbrwQwc7E> Accessed 10.4.19.

II. Watch [Please note that you will need your BC login credentials to access the library database. Total watch time – 45-50 minutes]:

Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles [Total watch time – 8 minutes 40 seconds]

E- “Al Perryman as Earl “Snake Hips” Tucker.”  (1:15). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company.  via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.

F- “Leon Johnson as Master Juba.”  (1:35). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company.  via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.

G- “The Cakewalk.” (1:56). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company.  via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.

“H- Lindy Hop.” (3:59). Dance Black America: A Festival of Modern Jazz, Tap & African Styles. performed by Charles Moore, 1928-1986 (Pennebaker Hegedus Films, 1984), 1 hour 27 mins. Found on Alexander Street: A Proquest Company.  via DanceOnline: Dance in Video. March 14, 2019.

The Call of the Jitterbug [Total watch time 36 minutes and 32 seconds]

I- “Lindy Hop or Jitterbug”  (8:25). The Call of the Jitterbug.  produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 mins

J- “Passing it On.” (7:55). The Call of the Jitterbug.  produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 mins

K- “Rhythms.” (7:08). The Call of the Jitterbug.  produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 mins

L- “A Joyful Legacy.” (13:04).  The Call of the Jitterbug.  produced by Tana Ross, Jesper Sorensen and Vibeke Winding; performed by Frankie Manning, 1914-2009, Norma Miller, 1919-, Dizzy Gillespie, 1917-1993, Mama Lu Parks and Sugar Sullivan-Niles (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1989), 37 minsDance in Video. March 14, 2019.

III.  Look at Visual Art by Augusta Savage:

M- “Augusta Savage (1892-1962).” The Melvin Holmes Collection of African American Art.  Online at <theholmesgallery.com>  Accessed 3/15/19.

N- “Artist of Color Spotlight: Augusta Savage.” Mia Araujo Fine Art and Illustration.  Online at <www.art-by-mia.com> Accessed 3/15/19.

O- “Lenore, a Portrait Bust Sculpture by Augusta Savage.” Digital Public Library of America. Online at <dp.la>  Accessed 3/15/19.

Read Zora Neale Hurston on Negro Art & Performance:

P- Hurston, Zora Neale. “Color Struck: A Play in Four Scenes.” FIRE!! A Quarterly Dedicated to Younger Negro Artists. Volume 1 Issue 1. New York: The Fire Press, 1926. 7-14.  Online at <https://issuu.com/poczineproject> Accessed 3/15/19. (8 pages)

Q- Hurston, Zora Neale.”Characteristics of Negro Expression” (1934) in The Sanctified Church, Turtle Island, Berkeley, 1981. 49-68.  Found on http://www.ypsilonediteur.com. Accessed 3/15/19.  Pdf available here: “Characteristics of Negro Expression” by Zora Neale Hurston.  (20 pages)

R- Hurston, Zora Neale. “Art and Such.” Found on the Digital Public Library of America.  <www.dp.la.org> Accessed January 25, 2019. (10 pages double spaced)

S- Hurston, Zora Neale. “The Pet Negro System.” The American Mercury  (May 1943): 593-600. Found online at The Unz Review: An Alternative Media Collection. <www.unz.com> Accessed January 25, 2019. (8 pages)

Additional (Optional) Texts:

T- “Watch: Meet Augusta Savage, The Most Important African-American Sculptor.” Timeline. May 23, 2017.  Online at <Timeline.com> Accessed 3/15/19.

U- “Elizabeth Cotten – ‘Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie'” [4:43]. Posted by Schroomeryslearyfan. Feb. 18, 2010. YouTube.com <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GFM6B0oQ8M> Accessed 10.4.19.

V-  Hughes, Langston. “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain.” (1926) Found on “Modern American Poetry.” English Department. University of Illinois.

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