1. THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

2. THE GREAT MIGRATION
BETWEEN 1910 AND 1920, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS LEFT THE SOUTH TO FIND WORK IN NORTHERN CITIES

3. QUEST FOR RIGHTS
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP) WAS ESTABLISHED BY W.E.B. DU BOIS AND LATER LED BY JAMES WELDON JOHNSON.

4. MAJOR GOALS OF NAACP 1. PROTEST RACIAL VIOLENCE
2. PUBLISH MAGAZINE CALLED THE CRISIS TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
3. PROMOTE ANTI-LYNCHING LAWS

5. CALL FOR A SEPARATE SOCIETY
MARCUS GARVEY FOUNDED THE UNIVERSAL NEGRO IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
IT PROMOTED BLACK PRIDE AND SEPARATISM, INCLUDING A BACK TO AFRICA MOVEMENT.

6. WELCOME TO HARLEM
IN THE 1920’S, HARLEM, A NEIGHBORHOOD IN NEW YORK CITY, BECAME THE WORLD’S LARGEST URBAN BLACK COMMUNITY

7. WHAT EXACTLY WAS THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE?
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE WAS A LITERARY AND ARTISTIC MOVEMENT OF THE 1920’S THAT CELEBRATED AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE.

8. WRITERS CELEBRATE THEIR BLACK HERITAGE
CLAUDE MCKAY WROTE MILITANT VERSES THAT URGED AFRICAN AMERICANS TO RESIST PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION
JEAN TOOMER’S BOOK CANE IS A MIX OF POEMS AND SKETCHES ABOUT BLACKS IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH

9. LANGSTON HUGHES
THIS BEST KNOWN POET OF THE MOVEMENT OFTEN DESCRIBED THE DIFFICULT LIVES OF WORKING CLASS AFRICAN AMERICANS.

10. ZORA NEALE HURSTON
HURSTON FOCUSED ON THE FOLKWAYS AND SIMPLE VALUES OF POOR, OFTEN UNEDUCATED SOUTHERN BLACKS.

11. AND THE FAMOUS PAINTER AARON DOUGLAS CAPTURES THE BLACK EXPERIENCE

12. Aaron

13. THE JAZZ AGE
THE FAMOUS PHRASE COINED BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD FOR THE 1920’S…

14. THE MUSIC
THE MULTI-TALENTED
PAUL ROBESON

15. DUKE ELLINGTON

16. LOUIS ARMSTRONG

17. CAB CALLOWAY

18. AND THE “EMPRESS OF THE BLUES”
MS. BESSIE SMITH

19. THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE EXPRESSED THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS