Midnight in Paris

Historical References
Art, Music, Film, Literature, Dance, Design, etc.

As the main protagonist Gil (Owen Wilson) enters into the world of the 1920s, he interacts with many literary figures of that time period. For some historical context, here are some links to the numerous members of the "Lost Generation."
· Cole Porter
· Zelda Fitzgerald
· F. Scott Fitzgerald
· Ernest Hemingway
· Josephine Baker
· Juan Belmonte
· Alice B. Toklas
· Gertrude Stein
· Pablo Picasso
· Djuna Barnes
· Salvador Dalí
· Man Ray
· Luis Buñuel
· T. S. Eliot
· Henri Matisse
· Leo Stein
· Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
· Paul Gauguin
· Edgar Degas

Harlem Renaissance

• Power Point on The Great Migration
• "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" by Langston Hughes
• A worthy read, but something we won't go over: "The New Negro" by Alain Locke
• Group Project

As you research (websites provided), keep in mind that in addition to the resources for specific artists, look at general websites to get more background information.

Websites related to African American history

• African American Odyssey - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html
• This website, produced by the Library of Congress, presents an overview of African American history beginning with the Atlantic slave trade and continuing through the 20th century.

• Reconstruction: The Second Civil War - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/
• This website, produced as part of the PBS series The American Experience, discusses what happened to African Americans during the second half of the 19th century.

Websites related to the Harlem Renaissance

• A Guide to Harlem Renaissance Materials -http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/harlem/harlem.html
• The Library of Congress offers this annotated collection of Library of Congress resources related to the Harlem Renaissance, included digital materials collections, lesson plans, learning page activities, and exhibits.
• The Harlem Renaissance Teacher’s Guide - http://165.29.91.7/classes/humanities/amstud/97-98/harren/HARREN.HTM
• This guide provides an overview of the time period and includes links to noted leaders, writers, and entertainers.
• Rhapsodies in Black: The Harlem Renaissance - http://www.iniva.org/harlem/home.html
• This website describes the development of the Harlem Renaissance and noted examples of art, poetry, and literature.
• Harlem 1900–1940: An African-American Community - http://exhibitions.nypl.org/harlem/
• This exhibition website, from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, includes a timeline of the Harlem Renaissance.
• Drop Me Off in Harlem: Exploring the Intersections - http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/multimedia/series/AEMicrosites/drop-me-off-in-harlem
• This ARTSEDGE website explores the ways that different art forms and social movements interacted and flourished during the Harlem Renaissance.

Jacob Lawrence websites

• From Jacob Lawrence: Exploring Stories (presented by the Whitney Museum of American Art):
• Meet Jacob Lawrence - http://whitney.org/www/jacoblawrence/meet/index.html
• Jacob Lawrence's Art - http://whitney.org/www/jacoblawrence/art/index.html
• Jacob Lawrence: Over the Line - http://www.phillipscollection.org/sites/default/files/interactive/jacob-lawrence-over-the-line/flash.html
• Jacob Lawrence: DC Moore Gallery - http://www.dcmooregallery.com/artists/jacob-lawrence
• Jacob Lawrence Biography - http://www.biography.com/people/jacob-lawrence-9375562

William H. Johnson websites

• The William H. Johnson Foundation for the Arts - http://www.whjohnsongrant.org/whjohnson.html
• A Journey Through Art with W.H. Johnson (presented by the Smithsonian American Art Museum) - http://americanart.si.edu/education/johnson/index.html
• Rhapsodies in Black: William H. Johnson - http://www.iniva.org/harlem/william.html
• Street Life, Harlem (by William H. Johnson, presented within the Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Harlem Renaissance entry) - http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/highlights/artworks.cfm?id=AA&StartRow=31
• Mom Alice (by William H. Johnson, presented by American Art from the Howard University Collection) - http://www.founders.howard.edu/hucollection/JohnsonWilliamH1.htm

Aaron Douglas websites

• Treasures of the New York Public Library - http://exhibitions.nypl.org/treasures/items/show/170
• Topeka Capital Journal - http://cjonline.com/stories/091607/lei_199987476.shtml#.WjFTmFWnHIU
• Kentake Page - http://kentakepage.com/aaron-douglas-major-artist-of-the-harlem-renaissance/

Duke Ellington websites

• Duke Ellington: The Site of the Jazz Legend - http://www.dukeellington.com/   
• PBS Biographies: Duke Ellington - http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_ellington_duke.htm
• America's Jazz Ambassadors - http://www.meridian.org/jazzambassadors/
• Photograph of Duke Ellington (from the Library of Congress) - http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/08/0811001r.jpg

Bessie Smith websites

• PBS Biographies: Bessie Smith - http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_smith_bessie.htm
• Bessie Smith Biography - http://www.biography.com/people/bessie-smith-9486520
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: Bessie Smith - https://rockhall.com/inductees/bessie-smith/bio/
• Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues - http://blog.oup.com/2015/05/bessie-smith-empress-blues/

Billie Holiday websites

• Archive for Virtual Harlem - http://scalar.usc.edu/works/harlem-renaissance/billie-lady-day-holiday
• Official Website of Billie Holiday - http://www.billieholiday.com/
• Strange Fruit: The First Great Protest Song - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/16/protest-songs-billie-holiday-strange-fruit

Langston Hughes websites

• The Academy of American Poets: Langston Hughes - https://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C0E01
• America's Story from America's Library: Langston Hughes - http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/hughes/aa_hughes_subj.html
• I Hear America Singing: Profile of Langston Hughes  - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/americancollection/cora/ei_hughesbiography.html
• A Centennial Tribute to Langston Hughes - http://www.howard.edu/library/reference/guides/hughes/

Countee Cullen websites

• Modern American Poetry: Countee Cullen - http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/cullen/cullen.htm
• The Academy of American Poets: Countee Cullen - https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/countee-cullen
• Countee Cullen - http://www.afropoets.net/counteecullen.html
• Rendezvous with Life: An Interview With Countee Cullen - http://newdeal.feri.org/magpie/docs/42winp19.htm

Zora Neale Hurston websites

• Official Website - http://www.zoranealehurston.com/
• New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/02/17/a-society-of-one
• Zora Neale Hurston Digital Archive - https://chdr.cah.ucf.edu/hurstonarchive/?p=hurstons-life
• PBS - http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/powerprose/hurston/

Progressive Era

Progressive Powerpoint

The Jungle 

• Chapter 2 (and questions)
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 5 (and questions)
• Chapter 14