1. The Harlem Renaissance

2. Warm up: Listen to Duke Ellington’s “The Mooche”
In a paragraph write how this music makes you feel and how it might look if you closed your eyes.
BE READY TO DISCUSS!

3. The Great Migration
, hundreds of thousands African Americans moved from the South to the urban north
Over 40 percent of African Americans lived in urban centers by 1930
Northern cities not very welcoming
RIOTS!

4. NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Fought for African American rights
Introduced anti-lynching Laws in 1919
NONE WERE PASSED!

5. Marcus Garvey From Jamaica
Believed that African Americans should build a separate society
BACK TO AFRICA
Legacy of black pride

6. THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
1920s—Harlem, New York became largest black community
HARLEM RENISSANCE—a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture
Writers
Musicians

7. Langston Hughes