3_ I start the program by outlining a brief history of how African Americans came to America,

4_Definition of what is called the HARLEM RENAISSANCE and what period in the American history it covers.

5_How  and  why  in the 1920s_1930s, African-Americans migrated from the south to move north and and east and how a great part of that community settled in that part of New York called HARLEM. I also explain where the name Harlem come from.

6_Next  I  describe  what  kind  of  litterary  and  artistic  activities  characterize the Harlem renaissance. I go into details talking about the main artistic and litterary figures that emerge from  this  period  including  writers,  singers, painters,  actors  and  some  political figures. Included are:  Eubie Blake,  Paul Robeson, Duke Ellington, Georges Geshwin, Josephine Baker, kathryn Durham, Marcus Garvey and Adam Clayton Powel.

7_I also play samples of the kind of music that was produced during that period, explaining the  transition  of the African American music from Negro Spirituals to Jazz and Blues, then Rhytms and Blues and finally the emerging Hip Hop current.

8_I  will  also  describe  the  political, social  and  economic  atmosphere during the Harlem renaissance  and  how  it  influenced  the  arts  and  litterature  in  the  African American community.

The program is made using a smart board, a lap top computer with access to the internet and a technician. The presentation features of microsoft power point are used to enhance its clarity and assimilativeness.  

This is a well designed educational performance in which I present to the students a great amount of historical material. This helps them have a clear understanding of what the HARLEM RENAISSANCE is and also triggers their curiosity to do further research to know more about that historic period and also to become better acquainted with the great American figures (blacks and whites) who have left their artistic, historical, political and social mark therein.  

For more information or any clarification concerning this program please feel free to email me at collage53@yahoo.com or give me a call at (908) 812-5168. I will be glad to help in any way I can.

Yours faithfully.

Phillip Mentor.