1. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute February 17, 2011 U.S. History Mr. Green

2. The students identify the causes and results of the migration of African-Americans to Northern cities in the early 1900’s by describing the outbursts of African-American artistic activity Announcement: Chapter 13 Test Next Tuesday Due: African-American project March 4 Drill: Read One American’s Story on page 470 and answer the following 1. What effect did Hurston’s early reading have on her? 2. What do you think the oyster knife represented to Hurston

3. African-American Voices in the 1920’s “Black is beautiful” coined during the 20s The Move North Great Migration-racial violence/discrimination crop failures Number of African-Americans doubled in some northern cities 25 race riots in 1919 African-American goals DuBois and the NAACP Focus on anti-lynching laws Marcus Garvey Wanted a separate society for African-Americans Return to Africa Movement died when Garvey went to jail

4. Harlem becomes world’s largest black urban community in the 1920’s Cite of the Harlem Renaissance African-American Writers Led by well-educated, middle class African Americans Claude McKay-resist prejudice and discrimination Langston Hughes-difficult everyday lives of working-class African-Americans

5. African-American Performers Shuffle Along Paul Robeson African Americans and Jazz New Orleans Louis Armstrong Spread from Chicago to KC, LA, and NYC Cotton Club Duke Ellington Bessie Smith

6. Students will identify the contributions of the following people Alain Locke Jean Toomer Countee Cullen Nella Larsen Dorothy West James Weldon Johnson

7. 1. Study for Chapter 13 Assessment on Tuesday