Group #7-13.4 The Harlem Renaissance by AMANDA BEOZ

saraazabo — 2015-12-07 18:45:03 UTC

The Great Migration/Reaction

saraazabo — 2015-12-07 18:46:09 UTC

The Great Migration occurred in the time period from 1910 to 1920. The Great Migration consisted of many African Americans uprooted themselves from the south and moved north, to cities like Harlem, in search of jobs. Over 40% of African Americans lived in cities. The northern cities had not welcomed the large amounts of African Americans so it resulted in 25 urban race riots.

Harlem Renaissance

304307 — 2015-12-07 18:48:37 UTC

The Harlem Renaissance was a literary movement led by well-educated, middle class African Americans who expressed a new pride in the African American experience. This revolutionary era of African Americans flourished in Harlem because it was considered, ¨it is a city within, the greatest Negro city in the world.¨ They celebrated their heritage with great pride

Black Performers

2015-12-07 19:01:08 UTC

Black performers made music and dances popular. For example it made the banana dance popular and jazz flourished in the 1920's. A popular club by the name of The Cotton Club hosted famous musicians in that time and helped them become rapidly successful. The Cotton Club was in Harlem become the place of a cultural explosion.

NAACP/W.E.B. DuBois

3039271 — 2015-12-08 02:27:31 UTC

The NAACP was founded in 1909. NAACP stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP urged African Americans to protest racial violence. W.E.B. DuBois was a founding member of the NAACP and also lead a parade of 10,000 African American men in New York to protest violence. DuBois also used the NAACP's magazine as a platform for leading a struggle for civil rights. The NAACP continued its campaign through antilynching organizations. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People represented the new, more militant voice of African Americans.

Key Question:

3039271 — 2015-12-08 02:29:57 UTC

How and why did African-American ideas, politics, art, literature and music flourished in Harlem and elsewhere in the united States in the 1920s?

Marcus Garvey/ UNIA

3039271 — 2015-12-08 02:33:16 UTC

Marcus Garvey was an immigrant from Jamaica who believed that African Americans should build a separate society. Marcus Garvery was the creater of UNIA which stood for Universal Negro Improvement Association. Garvey ideiogy was an essintial impact in the Harlem Renissance.

Ida B. Wells/ Anti-Lynching law

3039271 — 2015-12-08 02:47:39 UTC

Anti-lynching laws were one of NAACP's strongest priorities. The Anti-Lynching law started in 1919, but congress did not pass it. These Anti-Lynching efforts and campaigns were started from a person named Ida B. Wells in 1892. These Anti-Lynching campaigns are an example for what the Harlem Renaissance stood for. Thus, Ida B. Wells stood as a catalyst for the Harlem Renaissance.

Black Musicians

steffies — 2015-12-08 05:33:05 UTC

Jazz was a famous genre during the 1920's , celebrated by African American culture in the Harlem Renaissance that helped express themselves, and later became very popular around the world. Louis Armstrong was a famous figure, who introduced his originality of trumpet playing and singing with jazz. Also, Bessie Smith (another famous musicians) popularized, and was the most respected black singer in America. Their successes gave inspiration to black men and women, and introduced all cultures to their different styles of jazz. Black Musicians impacted the United States to cultural movements and changes to their society.

Black writers

304307 — 2015-12-08 17:43:31 UTC

Black writers during the Harlem Renaissance celebrated their heritage and wrote with a defiance and poignancy wrote about the trials of being a black person in a white world, and how their lives were difficult. People like W.E.B. Du Bois helped people express their talents. Another influential person in during this time was Alain Locke. Alain Locke had published "The New Negro," its a collection of literary works by young writers. It helped the young African American flourish in Harlem.

Skill Builder Question:

steffies — 2015-12-08 17:48:43 UTC

1. Based on the picture below, what was the significance of the Cotton Club?

Answer : The Cotton Club helped Black Musicians get more attention and fame.

2. How did the Cotton Club help performers during the Harlem Renaissance?

Answer : In the Harlem Renaissance the Cotton Club allowed black performers to have a music career, and gave them more publicity.