Why such a dramatic tone of “if we must die?” Video clip from “America, the Story of Us: Boom” Turn to page 509, and read about Claude McKay and his famous poem, “If We Must Die.” Why such a dramatic tone of “if we must die?” Why do you suppose he was so “militant” in his tone?

For your listening pleasure, read the handout, answer the questions in your notebook, and listen to the Spirituals, Ragtime, and Jazz … Ragtime and Spirituals as influence … Duke Ellington … ** Louis Armstrong … In Chicago, clubs called “Black and Tans” were run by the mob and served alcohol while jazz bands played. This was one of the only instances of racial tolerance in an otherwise divided city.

Harlem Renaissance (1919-1929) A period of “national recognition” of African-American arts – music, theater, poetry, novels, etc. Langston Hughes “I, Too, Sing America” "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" Zora Neale Hurston “Their Eyes Were Watching God” and idea of “Passing” George Schuyler “Black No More” Marcus Garvey Back to Africa Movement

Cosmetic Products “Imperial Whitener” Madame C.J. Walker became the first female self-made millionaire in America If you were a wealthy African-American, you straightened your hair Madame C.J. Walker

Harlem Renaissance (1919-1929) Paul Robeson World renown actor, started in “Emperor Jones” in 1933. Josephine Baker World renown actress and performers, started in Zouzou in 1934. “Lost Generation” Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Sinclair Lewis, and T.S. Eliot Paul Robeson in “Emperor Jones” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8WEJCX_DQg “Josephine Baker Dances” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBGXsQfGY4M

African American Political Organization Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) Favored a “gradual” approach to social justice, focusing first on job skills & economic development W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963) Favored immediate social justice, full civil rights, and political participation immediately NAACP The anti-lynching movement “Atlanta Compromise”