Write a biography of an important person of the Harlem Renaissance--see Dr. McArdle/Mrs. Bragunier to pick--first come, first serve:
Dancers:
Josephine Baker
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
The Nicholas Brothers
Leading Intellectuals:
William Stanley Braithwaite
Cyril Briggs
Marion Vera Cuthbert
W. E. B. Du Bois
Marcus Garvey
L.S. Alexander Gumby
Hubert Harrison
Leslie Pinckney Hill
James Weldon Johnson
Charles Spurgeon Johnson
S. J. Joyce
Alain Locke
Mary White Ovington
Chandler Owen
A. Philip Randolph
Joel Augustus Rogers
Arthur Schomburg
Emmett Scott
Carl Van Vechten
Walter Francis White
Authors
James Baldwin
Countee Cullen
Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
Musicians and Composers:
Marian Anderson
Louis Armstrong
Ivie Anderson
Count Basie
Gladys Bentley
Eubie Blake
Lucille Bogan
George Bueno
Cab Calloway
The King Cole Trio
The Chocolate Dandies
The Dandridge Sisters and Dorothy Dandridge
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Dizzy Gillespie
Adelaide Hall
Roland Hayes
Fletcher Henderson
Earl "Fatha" Hines
Billie Holiday
Lena Horne
Charlie Johnson
James P. Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
Moms Mabley
Pigmeat Markham
The Will Mastin Trio
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Nina Mae McKinney
Florence Mills
Thelonious Monk
Mantan Moreland
Jelly Roll Morton
Ma Rainey
Nora Douglas Holt Ray
Cecil Scott
Noble Sissle
Bessie Smith
Mamie Smith
Victoria Spivey
William Still
Billy Strayhorn
Fats Waller
Ethel Waters
Chick Webb
Bert Williams
Fess Williams
Visual Artists:
Charles Alston
Henry Bannarn
Romare Bearden
Leslie Bolling, Beauford Delaney
Aaron Douglas
Palmer Hayden
Paul Heath
Sargent Johnson
William H. Johnson,
Lois Mailou Jones
Jacob Lawrence
Norman Lewis
Archibald Motley
Augusta Savage
1. Create a Cover Page(s)
- Include a photo of the person with his/her name centered below it
- Additional images or examples of this person’s work
2. Write a Personal Biography (one long paragraph)
Answer all of the following questions in this section:
- When and where was he or she born?
- Where did he or she live?
- Was he or she married? Single? Kids?
- Other family info? and/or Other interesting personal info?
- When and where did he or she die or where does he or she currently reside?
3. Write a Professional Biography (one long paragraph)
Answer all of the following questions in this section:
- What did he or she do (writer/musician/artist/etc)?
- What are his or her famous works?
- How was he or she affiliated with the Harlem Renaissance?
- How did he or she and his or her works contribute to the Harlem Renaissance?
4. Include a Works Cited Page
You must use a minimum of three sources.
You must cite from each source at least TWICE.
Dancers:
Josephine Baker
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
The Nicholas Brothers
Leading Intellectuals:
William Stanley Braithwaite
Cyril Briggs
Marion Vera Cuthbert
W. E. B. Du Bois
Marcus Garvey
L.S. Alexander Gumby
Hubert Harrison
Leslie Pinckney Hill
James Weldon Johnson
Charles Spurgeon Johnson
S. J. Joyce
Alain Locke
Mary White Ovington
Chandler Owen
A. Philip Randolph
Joel Augustus Rogers
Arthur Schomburg
Emmett Scott
Carl Van Vechten
Walter Francis White
Authors
James Baldwin
Countee Cullen
Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
Musicians and Composers:
Marian Anderson
Louis Armstrong
Ivie Anderson
Count Basie
Gladys Bentley
Eubie Blake
Lucille Bogan
George Bueno
Cab Calloway
The King Cole Trio
The Chocolate Dandies
The Dandridge Sisters and Dorothy Dandridge
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Dizzy Gillespie
Adelaide Hall
Roland Hayes
Fletcher Henderson
Earl "Fatha" Hines
Billie Holiday
Lena Horne
Charlie Johnson
James P. Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
Moms Mabley
Pigmeat Markham
The Will Mastin Trio
McKinney's Cotton Pickers
Nina Mae McKinney
Florence Mills
Thelonious Monk
Mantan Moreland
Jelly Roll Morton
Ma Rainey
Nora Douglas Holt Ray
Cecil Scott
Noble Sissle
Bessie Smith
Mamie Smith
Victoria Spivey
William Still
Billy Strayhorn
Fats Waller
Ethel Waters
Chick Webb
Bert Williams
Fess Williams
Visual Artists:
Charles Alston
Henry Bannarn
Romare Bearden
Leslie Bolling, Beauford Delaney
Aaron Douglas
Palmer Hayden
Paul Heath
Sargent Johnson
William H. Johnson,
Lois Mailou Jones
Jacob Lawrence
Norman Lewis
Archibald Motley
Augusta Savage
1. Create a Cover Page(s)
- Include a photo of the person with his/her name centered below it
- Additional images or examples of this person’s work
2. Write a Personal Biography (one long paragraph)
Answer all of the following questions in this section:
- When and where was he or she born?
- Where did he or she live?
- Was he or she married? Single? Kids?
- Other family info? and/or Other interesting personal info?
- When and where did he or she die or where does he or she currently reside?
3. Write a Professional Biography (one long paragraph)
Answer all of the following questions in this section:
- What did he or she do (writer/musician/artist/etc)?
- What are his or her famous works?
- How was he or she affiliated with the Harlem Renaissance?
- How did he or she and his or her works contribute to the Harlem Renaissance?
4. Include a Works Cited Page
You must use a minimum of three sources.
You must cite from each source at least TWICE.