“DAWNING - The HARLEM RENAISSANCE”
Coming of the Circle of the Twentieth Century
Langston Hughes
My name is Gregory A. Lee, I am an illustrator and designer. I reside in the Hyde Park area of Chicago, Illinois. In an effort to inform our youth, I believe we have to build on the foundation of faith, heritage and the richness of our family origins. We should focus on our next generation, they hold the key. We must take the time and encourage education as well as instill pride and respect in them. This is necessary in order for the continued success of continuing our legacies. With Black History Month quickly approaching, it’s a great opportunity for all of us to reflect and think about the sacrifices that were made from the trailblazers who overcame so much adversity, resulting from ignorance and bigotry.
Click on the links above to view the other images depicted here. Twelve people who have impacted the direction of history; ranging from politics, equality activism, poetry, art, jazz, blues, motion pictures and the performing arts. The images include portrait studies of: Louis Armstrong, Josephine Baker, Dorothy Dandridge, Aaron Douglas, W.E.B. DuBois, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Marcus Garvey, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Billie Holiday and, Lena Horne.
These illustrations are 24 x 36 inches in dimension. The images were created through mixed media applications (vector and paint).
On the home page, you will find Langston Hughes.”
Langston Hughes’ poetry was bittersweet, based on the rhythms of jazz and the blues. It was racially sensitive, earthy and honest. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is one of his more famous poems. (Watson 56).
Hughes understood that well-to-do, educated blacks preferred to see portrayals of blacks as educated, cultured, and serious; but he wanted to write about people he knew. Middle class black people were thought of as being closer to nature.
(Watson 58).
Let us relive the dream, as I salute The Harlem Renaissance.
Best wishes.
Gregory A. Lee
Click on the links above to view the other images depicted here. Twelve people who have impacted the direction of history; ranging from politics, equality activism, poetry, art, jazz, blues, motion pictures and the performing arts. The images include portrait studies of: Louis Armstrong, Josephine Baker, Dorothy Dandridge, Aaron Douglas, W.E.B. DuBois, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Marcus Garvey, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Billie Holiday and, Lena Horne.
These illustrations are 24 x 36 inches in dimension. The images were created through mixed media applications (vector and paint).
On the home page, you will find Langston Hughes.”
Langston Hughes’ poetry was bittersweet, based on the rhythms of jazz and the blues. It was racially sensitive, earthy and honest. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is one of his more famous poems. (Watson 56).
Hughes understood that well-to-do, educated blacks preferred to see portrayals of blacks as educated, cultured, and serious; but he wanted to write about people he knew. Middle class black people were thought of as being closer to nature.
(Watson 58).
Let us relive the dream, as I salute The Harlem Renaissance.
Best wishes.
Gregory A. Lee
