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- Langston Hughes, Harlem Renaissance
- I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen, when company comes...Besides, they'll see how beautiful I amAnd be ashamedI too am America
- Zora Neale Hurston, Harlem Renaissance
- Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry, it merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company
- Countee Cullen, Harlem Renaissance
- Locked arm in arm they cross the way, The black boy and the white, The golden splendor of the day, The sable pride of night, From lowered blinds the dark folk stare, And here the fair folk talk, Indignant that these two should dare, In unison to walk
- Langston Hughes wrote this to show that no matter the color of his skin he is still American and he still is related to his family and one day they will regret putting him in the kitchen when they have people over because he is going to make a difference just like everyone else.
- Bessie Smith, Harlem Renaissance
- The greatest blues singer in the world, Will Never Stop Singing
- Zora Neale Hurston, a world renowned writer and anthropologist. Zora's work depicted African American life in the South. She studied black culture and established a school of dramatic arts at Bethune-Cook college. She was praised for her work but she was also underpaid as well.
- Duke Ellington, Harlem Renaissance
- Duke Ellington and his orchestra in Symphony in blackA rhapsody of negro lifeComposed by Duke Ellington
- Countee Cullen addressed the issues of race, being discriminated against and more. He helped the Harlem Renaissance by bringing poetry as a tradition, stemmed its roots in Harlem, NY. His work marked achievements of African-American people during that time of discipline.
- Bessie Smith was one of the greatest vocalists of her era. She was a major influence for a lot of blues singers and jazz vocalists. In the 1920's and 1930's she was the most famous blues singers and was one of the highest-paid black performers.
- Duke Ellington was a Jazz musician. He composed thousands of songs and created one of the most distinctive ensemble sounds in western music throughout his career. Duke and his band made hundreds of recordings, appeared on the radio and in films, they also toured Europe twice in the 1930's.
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