1. 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.

2. Harlem Renaissance (1919-1929)
A period of “national recognition” of African-American arts – music, theater, poetry, novels, etc.
Langston Hughes
“I, Too, Sing America”
Paul Robeson
Zora Neale Hurston
“Their Eyes Were
Watching God” and idea of
“Passing”
Josephine Baker
George Schuyler
“Black No More”
Marcus Garvey

3. 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

4. Celebrity Culture New phenomenon of “celebrities” in the U.S.
“Josephine Baker Dances”
Josephine Baker
Rudolph Valentino
Greta Garbo