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2.  African Americans migrating from south to north.  During WW1.  Into Great Depression

3.  The end of the American Civil War in 1865 increased education and employment for blacks.  As a result, blacks began to head to the Northern United States by the millions.  Racism was less brutal in the north than in the south.

4.  Houses were build in Harlem for better access to the city for whites.  Soon African Americans migrated from the south to the north.  Suburban homes soon became known as the hood.

5. Definition: In the decade following World War I, an artistic explosion occurred within the African American community that produced a wealth of music, literature poetry, dance, social discourse and visual art.

7.  Black Culture and the Harlem Renaissance can about in artistic ways not by violence or hate.  African Americans made history by using art and music to a culture together.  NAACP was apart of this movement

9.  Louis Armstrong -The greatest of all Jazz musicians. -Armstrong defined what it was to play Jazz  Josephine Baker -A versatile and charismatic performer -Talented singer and dancer  Edward Kennedy Ellington -American composer, conductor and pianist -One of the most respected figures in the history of jazz

10.  Duke Ellington  Jelly Roll Morton  Willie "The Lion" Smith

11.  A religious and cultural organization founded in 1931 in the United States, espousing Islamic principles and favoring political, social, and economic independence for African Americans.

12.  The Harlem Renaissance succeeded in depicting the African American as an individual who was capable of making great achievements if given the opportunity.

13.  African-American civil rights activists employed the artists and writers of their culture to work for the goals of civil rights and equality.

14.  Faced options of going back to Africa  Opposition of whites  Smaller pay than whites

15.  Langston Hughes  W.E. Du Bois  Marcus Garvey  James Johnson  Claude McKay

16.  William Johnson  Lois Jones  Archibald Motley  John Biggers  Hale Woodruff

17.  Want for black improvement  New culture developed.  Proved value of African Americans not previously seen before

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