1. T HE H ARLEM R ENAISSANCE

2. T HE G REAT M IGRATION 1910-1920 – 100,000s of African Americans moved North in search of jobs By the end of the decade, 40% lived in cities Racial tensions escalated KKK on the rise 25 urban race riots erupted

3. A FRICAN A MERICAN G OALS Fight racial violence NAACP W.E.B Du Bois Led Protests The Crisis Platform raising awareness for civil rights Antilynching laws Find their voice Marcus Garvey Believed in a separate society for African Americans Left a powerful legacy Newly awaked black pride The “New Negro”

4. T HE H ARLEM R ENAISSANCE B LOSSOMS Harlem Neighborhood in New York 1920s – the world’s largest urban black community “black capital of America” Harlem Renaissance Literary & artistic movement celebration African American culture Harlem

5. A FRICAN A MERICAN W RITERS Well-educated, middle class African Americans Wrote about being black in a white world Claude McKay Novelist, poet, Jamaican immigrant Poems expressed pain & strain of life Militant writing Langston Hughes Missouri-born Movement’s best known poet Poems described the difficult lives of working-class

6. A FRICAN A MERICAN P ERFORMERS During the 20s, African Americans in the performing arts won large followings Including white audiences Many rose to stardom via acting, singing, dancing etc.

7. A FRICAN A MERICANS AND J AZZ Jazz Born in New Orleans Blend of instrumental ragtime and vocal blues Louis Armstrong One of the most important and influential musicians in the history of jazz Quickly spread Became the most popular music for dancing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efaTlg 2XsTI