The 1920s: Early Jazz and the Harlem Renaissance

Topics covered: the roots of jazz; why jazz developed in New Orleans; musical influences on the development of jazz; the spread of jazz; sweet jazz; the Harlem Renaissance; the great migration; two schools of thought and three phases of the Harlem Renaissance; the "six midwives" of the Harlem Renaissance; patrons; legacy of the Harlem Renaissance; and 20 classic novels of the Harlem Renaissance.