#49 Ch 13 S 4 Details: Read & Notes Ch 13 S 4 _____________ 11.5.5 Describe the Harlem Renaissance and new trends in literature, music, and art

Chapter 13: The Roaring Life of the 1920s Section 4: The Harlem Renaissance

Standards: 11.5.5 Describe the Harlem Renaissance and new trends in literature, music, and art, with special attention to the work of writers (e.g., Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes).

Objectives: Following lecture and reading of this section, students will be able to: Identify the causes and results of the migration of African Americans to northern cities in the early 1900s. Describe the prolific African-American artistic activity that became known as the Harlem Renaissance

The Great Migration A massive movement of African-Americans moved from southern cities to northern cities. Escaping racial oppression As African Americans moved north, they experienced similar racial injustices and inequality The difference is that in the south, their laws were against blacks (Jim Crow laws) In the north it was just traditional racism that was experienced

NAACP Founded in 1909 Eventually the number of lynchings went down Goals: Urged African Americans to fight against racial injustices and violence Anti-lynching Leaders: James Weldon Johnson (President) W. E. B. Du Bois (one of the founders) Eventually the number of lynchings went down

Back to Africa Movement (Garveyism) Marcus Garvey led a movement to separate blacks from white society and go back to Africa to start a new black society. Thought blacks were superior to whites and urged blacks not to: Participate Integrate Imitate White society Garvey founded the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association)

Harlem Renaissance A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture through Music Arts (theater and paint) Writing Created a distinctive African-American culture in the U.S. 1st time African American culture is embraced by white society Writers: Claude McKay Zora Neal Hurston Langston Hughes Performers: Paul Robeson Ethel Waters Musicians: Bessie Smith Duke Ellington Louis Armstrong

#49 Ch 13 S 4 Details: Read & Notes Ch 13 S 4 Margin ?s A-C (3) Ch 13 S 4 Study Guide ?s 1-4 (4)