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Important African American artists (1920s)

valentindevisscher — 2019-02-26 09:53:16 UTC

4.) Aaron Douglas, born May 26, 1899 in Topeka and died February 3, 1979 in Nashville, is an African-American painter and illustrator. He is a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance.Douglas set the stage for young, African-American artists to enter public arts realm through his involvement with the Harlem Artists Guild.He developed his art career painting murals and creating illustrations that addressed social issues around race and segregation in the United States by utilizing African-centric imagery.
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Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery Through Reconstruction

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Aaron Douglas

valentindevisscher — 2019-02-26 15:22:29 UTC

social status of African Americans

valentindevisscher — 2019-02-26 15:24:16 UTC

2.) Most of the African-Americans are black slaves deported to slave ships during the Atlantic slave trade.

Although the use of the term "African-Americans" dates back to 1782, it was only popularized by Malcolm X in the 1960s, before becoming an expression in the late 1980.
He wanted to define Americans of black skin color by an origin, as are citizens who have an Italian or Irish origin, and no longer solely by their color.

Context

valentindevisscher — 2019-02-26 17:17:17 UTC

1. )The Harlem Renaissance happened between 1918 and 1937. It was just after the world war one. Since 1865 and the abolition of slavery african americans were persecuted. In the 20's african american were really poor so the Harlem Renaissance began.

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Great migration (1916-1930)

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3.)During the first half of the twentieth century, several million African-Americans left the southern United States to join the North, Midwest and West of the country in a movement known as Great Migration.
They hope to escape the segregation and violence they still suffer in the South, access to voting rights and better living conditions.
From 1910 to 1930, the black population of the cities of Chicago, New York and Philadelphia increased from 226,000 to 902,000. The concentration of blacks in the big cities of the North leads to the formation of predominantly African-American neighborhoods such as Chicago's South Side or Harlem in New York.

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Duke Ellington

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