1. The Harlem Renaissance
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2. Preview Questions
How did African Americans approach civil rights in the 1920’s?
What was the Harlem Renaissance?

3. I. African American Voices
Great Migration
Economic discrimination
Racial tension and riots

4. I. African American Voices
NAACP
Work to end racial violence
Fight for anti-lynching laws
James Weldon Johnson
Anti-Lynching Crusader

5. I. African American Voices
Marcus Garvey
Separate society
Founded UNIA
Urged return to Africa

6. II. The Harlem Renaissance
What Was It?
Literary movement
Artistic movement
Celebrated black culture
Led by middle-class African-Americans
Harlem was the largest black urban community in the 1920’s

7. II. The Harlem Renaissance
Literature
Pride and perils
Celebrated heritage
Hughes: Lives of working class
Hurston: Lives of Southern poor

8. “I, Too, Sing America” by Langston Hughes
                    
Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-- I, too, am America.
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.

9. II. The Harlem Renaissance
Jazz
Blended rag & blues
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith