Introduction

Congratulations, you have just been awarded three free tickets on the world’s first ever functional time machine!

AND guess where you’re going!  If you guessed Harlem, New York, you are correct.  BUT, did you guess the Harlem, New York of the 1920’s and 30’s?

Excited?  Well, it gets better!

There’s no need to pack anything but a desire for adventure because you and two classmates will travel (all expenses paid) back in time and experience the amazing sights and sounds of the Harlem Renaissance.  You’ll tour that vital era in history when African Americans celebrated just about every aspect of their culture.

Does this sound like lots of fun?

 QUICK!  Here are your tickets. 

GET ON BOARD, and as you travel, keep this question in mind:

If the word renaissance means “rebirth,” in what ways did the Harlem Renaissance represent a rebirth for African Americans?