Harlem Renaissance Art and Music By mmebell Period: May 25, 1878 to Nov 25, 1949 Bill Robinson Period: May 26, 1883 to Sep 16, 1946 Mamie Smith Period: Sep 20, 1885 to Jul 10, 1941 Jelly Roll Morton Period: Apr 26, 1886 to Dec 22, 1939 Ma Rainey Period: Jun 29, 1886 to May 15, 1983 James VanDerZee Period: Jan 15, 1890 to Feb 18, 1973 Palmer Hayden Period: Oct 7, 1891 to Jan 16, 1981 Archibald Motley Period: Feb 29, 1892 to Mar 26, 1962 Augusta Savage Period: Apr 15, 1894 to Sep 26, 1937 Bessie Smith Period: Apr 29, 1899 to May 24, 1974 Duke Ellington Period: May 26, 1899 to Feb 3, 1979 Aaron Douglas Period: Mar 18, 1901 to Jan 1, 1970 William Johnson Period: Aug 4, 1901 to Jul 6, 1971 Louis Armstrong Period: Dec 30, 1901 to Mar 26, 1979 Beauford Delaney Period: May 21, 1904 to Dec 15, 1943 Fats Waller Period: Aug 21, 1904 to Apr 26, 1984 Count Basie Period: Nov 3, 1905 to Jun 9, 1998 Lois Mailou Jones Period: Jun 3, 1906 to Apr 12, 1975 Josephine Baker Period: Nov 28, 1907 to Apr 27, 1977 Charles Alston Period: Dec 25, 1907 to Nov 18, 1994 Cab Calloway Period: Sep 2, 1911 to Mar 12, 1988 Romare Bearden Period: Apr 7, 1915 to Jul 17, 1959 Billie Holiday Period: Apr 25, 1917 to Jun 15, 1996 Ella Fitzgerald Period: Jun 30, 1917 to May 9, 2010 Lena Horne Period: Sep 7, 1917 to Jun 9, 2000 Jacob Lawrence Period: Oct 10, 1917 to Feb 17, 1982 Thelonious Monk Period: Oct 21, 1917 to Jan 6, 1993 Dizzy Gillespie Period: Aug 29, 1920 to Mar 12, 1955 Charlie Parker Period: Oct 8, 1930 to May 31, 2011 Faith Ringgold STILL LIVING!!!