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Harlem RenaissanceDiscrimination Segregation Racism

Introduction- Intellectual, social and artistic explosion- 1920’s- Harlem, New York City- New African-American cultural expressions - “Negro Movement”- “The New Negro”

Southern Connection

-Reconstruction after the American Civil War

- Great Migration

- Better standard of life

Northern Connection ➢ African Americans found themselves

migrating towards the Northern

cities.

➢ They discovered that prejudice still resided in the greater populace.

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Impact -Redefine African American culture.

-Integrated cultures

-Black urban society

-Civil Right Movement

Segregation ★ Reasons why the Harlem Renaissance occurred. ★ Black neighborhoods and White

neighborhoods.

Segregation •African Americans freedom.

• non-segregated schools.

Segregation/Discrimination

- Migration to the Northern Cities- Creation of “Segregated neighborhoods” due to racial prejudice in the

North- Self expression through artistic movement

Racism: Results ➢ Developments in:

○ Music

○ Literature

○ Poetry

○ Art

➢ Influence the Civil Rights movement

➢ Trade of African-American cultures➢ Arts were heavily patronaged.

Jim Crow Laws

transportation

dining

school

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C Changed the way of african americans.

Political civil rights movement started to pop up.

Renew African American heritage.

Great Depression.