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=**The Harlem Renaissance**=


 * 1) The Harlem Renaissance was also a key part of the 1920s.
 * 2) Harlem Renaissance - A literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture in the 1920s.
 * 3) Key figures in the Harlem Renaissance included
 * 4) Marcus Garvey - Politician who preached that African Americans should return to Africa.
 * 5) Duke Ellington - Jazz musician.
 * 6) Bessie Smith - Jazz musician.
 * 7) Louis Armstrong - Jazz musician.
 * 8) Langston Hughes - Poet / Writer. Read the following poem by Langston Hughes:


 * //A DREAM DEFERRED//** by Langston Hughes.

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- Like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags Like a heavy load. Or does it explode?