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Harlem Renaissance Chapter 21.4 African-Americans in the 1920's The Move North 1910-1920, Great Migration of thousands of African Americans ◦ By 1920, over 40% of African Americans live in cities Racial tensions escalate in North; about 25 urban race riots in 1919 ◦ African-Americans continue to migrate in large numbers in 1920’s African Americans in the 1920's African-American Goals National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ◦ protests racial violence NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson fights for civil rights legislation NAACP anti-lynching campaign leads to a drop in number of lynchings Harlem Renaissance African-American Writers Harlem Renaissance – African-American literary, artistic movement ◦ express pride in African-American experience Claude McKay’s poems urge blacks to resist prejudice, discrimination Langston Hughes’s poems describe difficult lives of working class ◦ many written in jazz, blues tempo Zora Neale Hurston shows folkways, values of poor, Southern blacks Harlem Renaissance in NY African-American Performers Influence, popularity of Harlem Renaissance go beyond black audience Musical, comedy Shuffle Along launches movement ◦ is popular with white audiences African-American performers win large followings Paul Robeson – major dramatic actor in London, New York https://youtu.be/A6dXrm1YjBE https://youtu.be/-_swtbIi2F0 Harlem Renaissance in NY African Americans and Jazz Jazz born in early 20th century New Orleans, spreads across U.S. Trumpeter Louis Armstrong makes personal expression key part of jazz ◦ most influential musician in jazz history Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington – jazz pianist, orchestra leader ◦ one of America’s greatest composers Cab Calloway, Armstrong popularize scat (improvised jazz singing) Bessie Smith – blues singer, perhaps best vocalist of decade https://youtu.be/8mq4UT4VnbE https://youtu.be/250MMq0fTrU Credits http://triplettdancebooks.com/wp-content/gallery/wp-contentgallerydance/harlem-renaissance-dancing-couple.jpeg http://www.rockinghamcc.edu/humanities/activities/ROCKv36n5/ROCKv36n5_files/harlemrenaissance.jpg http://www.assumption.edu/users/mcclymer/His130/P-H/Harlem2/jeunesse.jpg http://highway55.library.yale.edu/PHOTONEGIMG/zoom/Z418/z4183609.jpg http://www.map-of-florida.net/writers/james-weldon-johnson/james_weldon_johnson.jpg http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/naacp.jpg http://www.amren.com/ar/2006/07/DuBoisNAACP2sml.jpg http://www.templeton-interactive.com/NAACP.jpg http://www.kodiakschools.org/khs/departments/englishdepartment/American_Literature/assets/MarcusGarvey1920.gif http://negroartist.com/MARCUS%20GARVEY/images/UNIA%20Parade_jpg.jpg.

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