1. THE GREAT MIGRATION & THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

2. GREAT MIGRATION

3. 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.

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

9. 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

12. Great Migration Cities
WHAT WERE THE TOP 7 CITIES A.A.’s MOVED TO:

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

15. 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.

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

18. 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”

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

21. BLACK CULTURE was CELEBRATED
MUSIC
FASHION
DANCE
ART
LITERATURE

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

23. LENA HORNE

24. BILLIE HOLIDAY

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

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

27. Duke Ellington Louis Armstrong

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

30. SAVOY

33. 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.

36. 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.”

38. 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,

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

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

43. CHARLESTON

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

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

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

54. ZORA NEAL HURSTON

55. LANGSTON HUGHES

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

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

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

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

67. HARLEM TODAY