Class — "From Renaissance to Renaissance: Black Awakenings Across Time and Space" // In Celebration of Beyoncé's Groundbreaking Album and Tour "Renaissance"

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Powered by Freedom School Online, this teach-in class looks at how Beyoncé's Renaissance (2022) album exemplifies a contemporary rebirth during the centennial legacy of the Harlem Renaissance from the 20th Century.

The Harlem Renaissance emerged after the Dark Ages in America, including enslavement, the Civil War, Jim Crow, and the 1918 pandemic. Similarly, Beyoncé's album has appeared during times of significant upheaval, including the Black Lives Matter movement, the COVID-19 pandemic, bans, and discussions on systemic racism.

Like the renaissances before it - here and abroad -Beyoncé's album is a cultural response to urgent racial and social justice issues that resonate with the Black community, sparking global conversations about race, identity, empowerment, and artistry.

Powered by Freedom School Online, this teach-in class looks at how Beyoncé's Renaissance (2022) album exemplifies a contemporary rebirth during the centennial legacy of the Harlem Renaissance from the 20th Century.

The Harlem Renaissance emerged after the Dark Ages in America, including enslavement, the Civil War, Jim Crow, and the 1918 pandemic. Similarly, Beyoncé's album has appeared during times of significant upheaval, including the Black Lives Matter movement, the COVID-19 pandemic, bans, and discussions on systemic racism.

Like the renaissances before it - here and abroad -Beyoncé's album is a cultural response to urgent racial and social justice issues that resonate with the Black community, sparking global conversations about race, identity, empowerment, and artistry.

Freedom School Online Student Testimonials:

“The presentation was an excellent, comprehensive, and wholistic view of the overall purpose, themes, and significance of the correlation between art history's European Renaissance, the Harlem Renaissance, and Beyonce's cultural influence and understanding of all three points of reference, to deliver an incredible celebration and revival of Black brilliance, Black joy, and Black empowerment.”

“In many ways we’re living through a renaissance period and Beyoncé’s latest album is a reflection of that. Renaissance, the album and world tour, also parallel European and Harlem Renaissance.”

Very well researched and fun! Freedom School Online’s instructor’s passion for art, art history, music and Beyonce was lovingly displayed, and made for an incredibly enjoyable and educational evening event!

“We need more presentations like this!”