1. 1920S – 1940S HARLEM, NEW YORK CITY HARLEM RENAISSANCE

2. OVERVIEW ren·ais·sance A rebirth or revival A revival of intellectual or artistic achievement and vigor Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

3. HARLEM RENAISSANCE originally called the New Negro Movement. fostered a new black cultural identity. 1920s through mid-40s. an outpouring of creative expression that had long been bottled up by the constraints of segregation.

4. AUTHORS AND WORKS one of the few avenues available to African Americans dealt with African American life from an African American perspective. Zora Hurston

5. EDWARD KENNEDY (DUKE) ELLINGTON (1899-1974) COMPOSER, MUSICIAN, BAND LEADER

6. Zora Neal Hurston (1891 - 1960) Writer, Folklorist, Anthropologist photo by Carl Van Vechten Langston Hughes

7. THE GREAT MIGRATION In South: Racism was rampant Economic opportunities were scarce. Segregation Lynching was used to instill fear In North: Better Schools More opportunity Cultural attraction Booming Economy

8. WHY "HARLEM" RENAISSANCE? Of the almost 750,000 African Americans who moved North, nearly 175,000 moved to Harlem. Harlem is a section of Manhattan, which covers three square miles; therefore, Harlem became the largest concentration of black people in the world.

9. 18 TH AMENDMENT AND VOLSTEAD ACT Prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcohol in the US. Volstead Act allowed for the enforcement of the act. Many did not agree with PROHIBITION and the sales of alcohol went “underground” to illegal taverns called “speakeasies” where bootleggers could enjoy their “hooch.”

10. 19 TH AMENDMENT Gave women the right to vote.

11. CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING Who was Marcus Garvey? What was the Volstead Act?