THE GREAT MIGRATION & THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

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THE GREAT MIGRATION & THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

GREAT MIGRATION

GREAT MIGRATION A MASS MOVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTHERN CITIES OF AMERICA APROXIMATELY 6 MILLION AA’S MOVED IN HOPES OF A BETTER LIFE.

REASONS FOR MOVING FROM THE SOUTH Many A.A.’s moved to escape from the racial discrimination and mistreatment they received in the South.

REASONS FOR MOVING FROM THE SOUTH Some A.A.’s moved to gain employment in factory jobs that were available since many white men were off fighting in WW I

Great Migration Cities WHAT WERE THE TOP 7 CITIES A.A.’s MOVED TO: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

GREAT MIGRATION NEW YORK CITY CHICAGO DETROIT PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH WASHINGTON DC BALTIMORE

GREAT MIGRATION AS A RESULT OF THE HIGH POPULATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BLACKS, A NEW CULTURE WAS DEVELOPED. IN A SENSE, A “NEW NEGRO” WAS FORMED.

The Harlem Renaissance A time period in America (1919 to 1929) when African Americans popularized their culture and uplifted the race.

HARLEM, NEW YORK CITY HARLEM IS A SECTION IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY. SO MANY BLACKS LIVED THERE DURING THE TIME OF THE GREAT MIGRATION THAT IT WAS NICKNAMED THE “THE BLACK MECCA”

MANHATTAN- HARLEM IS KNOWN AS “UPTOWN” TO NEW YORKERS. IT WAS WHERE ALL OF THE ACTION WAS OCCURING FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS.

BLACK CULTURE was CELEBRATED MUSIC FASHION DANCE ART LITERATURE

MUSIC (SINGERS) FEMALE SINGERS BECAME POPULAR FOR THEIR VOICES AND SEX APPEAL TO THE AUDIENCES.

LENA HORNE

BILLIE HOLIDAY

MUSIC- INSTRUMENTS THE POPULAR MUSIC OF THE TIME PERIOD WAS JAZZ. JAZZ IS A STYLE OF MUSIC THAT RELIES HEAVILY UPON IMPROVISATION, CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION.

JAZZ JAZZ MUSICIANS PLAYED IN BARS AND CLUBS TO PACKED AUDIENCES OF BOTH BLACKS AND WHITES.

Duke Ellington Louis Armstrong

HARLEM RENAISSANCE NIGHT LIFE THERE WERE SEVERAL NIGHTSPOTS WHERE A.A. ENTERTAINERS WENT TO BECOME NOTICED, BUT SOME WERE MORE POPULAR THAN OTHERS.

SAVOY

COTTON CLUB ONLY ACCEPTED THE “ELITE” BLACKS WHO HAD THE POPULARITY AND MONEY. ACCEPTED BLACK FEMALES DANCERS ONLY IF THEY MET A CERTAIN CRITERIA; MAINLY TALL WITH A LIGHT COMPLEXION.

APOLLO THE PLACE WHERE A.A.’S WENT TO TEST THEIR TALENTS IN ORDER TO PERSUE THEIR DREAMS IN ENTERTAINMENT. A POPULAR SAYING WAS “IF YOU CAN MAKE IT AT APOLLO- YOU CAN MAKE IT ANYWHERE.”

FASHION MEN WORE SUITS WITH LONG SUIT JACKETS, BAGGY PANTS, WITH MATCHING HATS WITH A FEATHER. THEY ALSO WORE POCKET WATCHES WITH A LONG CHAIN,

FASHION WOMEN WORE BALL GOWNS WITH SPARKLING RHINESTONES, LONG SILK GLOVES, HIGH HEELS, FURS, MATCHING HATS, AND PEARLS.

DANCE THE POPULAR DANCES OF THE TIME WERE THE CHARLESTON (NAMED AFTER THE CITY IN S.C) AND TAP DANCING.

CHARLESTON

BILL “BOJANGLES” ROBINSON POPULARIZED TAP DANCING, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE PERFORMED ON TV WITH SHIRLEY TEMPLE.

ART POPULAR ARTISTS OF THE TIME MADE PAINTINGS THAT REFLECTED THE CULTURE IN WHICH THEY LIVED.

LITERATURE MANY BLACK WRITERS EMERGED FROM THE TIME PERIOD. THEY MAINLY WROTE ABOUT WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LIVE AS A BLACK AMERICAN.

ZORA NEAL HURSTON

LANGSTON HUGHES

THE GREAT DEPRESSION WHEN THE GREAT DEPRESSION HIT AMERICA, THE END OF THE HARLEM RENNAISANCE ERA CAME TO A CLOSE.

HARLEM HARLEM BECAME A LARGE AREA OF UNEMPLOYED BLACKS STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE THROUGH DRUGS, CRIME, PROSTITUTION, AND GANG VIOLENCE

UNTIL…….. BLACKS WERE FORCED OUT BECAUSE THEY COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE THERE.

gentrification- the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents.

HARLEM TODAY