StudySync Unit 4 Extended Writing Project: The Harlem Renaissance 

The Harlem Renaissance was a period when African-American art and culture began to flourish in mainstream American culture. Poets, musicians, artists, and writers sought to define and explore the African-American experience on African-American terms. What emerged was a proliferation of work that examined the influence of slavery on the lives of black Americans, brought attention to African-American folklore, introduced a context in which to describe black urban life in the North, addressed the impacts of discrimination, and celebrated African-American culture at large. By bringing these issues into the American cultural mainstream, the Harlem Renaissance also laid the groundwork for the burgeoning civil rights movement of the 1940s and 1950s.

Prompt: 

Choose an artist or writer from the Harlem Renaissance whom you would like to research. Research your chosen topic, and formulate a position on how your subjects' work impacted society. Then, put together a presentation, using textual evidence and source material to support your ideas.