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2. African American Culture

3. The Harlem Renaissance
The Great Migration
occurred when hundreds
of thousands of African
Americans from rural South headed to industrial cities in the North
AAs created environments that stimulated artistic development, racial pride, a sense of community, and political organization
This led to a massive creative outpouring of AA arts
This was the Harlem Renaissance

4. The Harlem Renaissance
Important Writers:
Claude McKay- 1st important writer of the HR
Expressed defiance and contempt of racism
Langston Hughes- became the leading voice of the AA experience in the US
Zora Neale Hurston- portrayed rural AA life (mostly in Florida= where she’s from)
Central characters usually female

5. The Harlem Renaissance
Jazz, Blues, and Theater
Louis Armstrong introduced jazz
A style of music influenced by
Dixieland music and ragtime
He became the first great cornet and trumpet soloist in jazz music
The Cotton Club- where many famous AA musicians got their start.
Ex. Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith- sang about unrequited
love, poverty, and oppression
Classic themes in blues style music
This soulful style evolved from AA spirituals

6. The Harlem Renaissance
Shuffle Along- the 1st musical by AAs
Apollo Theater- famous
entertainment club in Harlem
Paul Robeson performed here
(he even became famous in Europe)
Josephine Baker- The most daring performer of the era
Well-known singer and dancer
Performed on Broadway and in Paris

7. African American Politics
After WWI AAs wanted a new role in politics
The Great Migration led to AAs becoming powerful voting blocs
Influenced outcomes of elections in the North
Oscar De Priest- 1st AA representative
in Congress from a Northern state
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Battled segregation and discrimination
Their efforts led to the passage of an
anti-lynching bill in the House, but the
Senate defeated it.

8. African American Politics
Marcus Garvey
Jamaican leader
Believed in “Negro Nationalism”
Founded the UNIA
(Universal Negro Improvement Assoc.)
Believed education was the way for AAs to gain economic and political power
Also stressed a need for separation and independence from whites
Back to Africa Movement
Wanted to create a settlement in Liberia for AAs
Many middle class AAs distanced themselves from him
But, his ideas led to a sense of pride that resurfaced during the civil rights movement of the 1960’s