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African-American leaders Marcus Garvey – Immigrant from Jamaica – Wanted African-Americans to build a separate society – Established the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in NYCTRANSCRIPT
Friday! FRIDAY! FRIDAY!!• Welcome back! • Bellringer: – Free choice Friday! Please write at least
three well-developed sentences about any school-related topic of your choice.
Northern segregation
• Great Migration: Thousands of African-Americans moved from the rural South to the urban north in search of jobs and freedom– They found de facto (by custom)
segregation–African-Americans lived together in
common neighborhoods– These neighborhoods were usually run
down and in the inner city
African-American leaders
• Marcus Garvey– Immigrant from Jamaica–Wanted African-Americans to build a
separate society– Established the Universal Negro
Improvement Association (UNIA) in NYC
UNIA • Garvey was convicted of mail fraud and jailed
Encouraged a return to Africa to help native peoples throw off white colonial oppressors,
build a mighty nation
Legacy was separatism: pushed
black pride, economic independence, and reverence for Africa
Opened offices in
urban ghettos
Claimed 1 million
followers in mid-1920s
Promoted African-
American businesses
African-American leaders
• NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People– Founded in 1909– Remember W.E.B. DuBois?– New, aggressive voice of African-Americans– Urged African Americans to protest racial violence• Protested discrimination and lynching• Made three attempts to get Congress to pass
different anti-lynching laws• Failed each time
Compare and contrast …
• African-Americans living in the South endured extreme racism
• African-Americans living in North experienced racism, but …– They expressed themselves through poetry,
music, books, and painting– The movement they created was called …
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance
• Centered in the Harlem neighborhood in NYC• Helped create a distinctive African-American
culture in the United States• African-Americans celebrated their culture• Few addressed the problems that most African
Americans faced in the 1920s• Though brief, it remains a lasting tribute to the
artistic creativity of African Americans
Central Park
Ground Zero
Statue of Liberty
The Harlem Renaissance
• Harlem faced unemployment, overcrowding, poverty
• But it became the hub of a literary and artistic explosion celebrating African American culture
Harlem Renaissance artists• Make a chart in your notes with the artists in the
poems and the videos in the following slides. In addition to listing each artist’s genre, write at least two things about your reaction to the artist’s work.
• Example:
Name GenreWork being examined:
Theme? Message?
Your reaction
Langston Hughes
Literature: Poems
“Dreams”: Encouragement,
hope(your answers
will vary)
Louis Armstrong
“Bojangles” Robinson
Video clip
Video clip
Paul Robeson
Video clipCab Calloway
Video clip
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington and his orchestra
Bessie Smith
Video clip
Marian Anderson
Lena Horne
Video clip
Video clip
Ella Fitzgerald
… and Dizzy Gillespie!
Video clip
Video clip
Billie HollidayVideo clip
Josephine Baker
Video clip
Romare Bearden
Romare Bearden
Romare Bearden
Romare Bearden
Archibald Motley
Artist project
• See Mrs. Foster to sign up for a Harlem Renaissance artist to profile for your project.
• See the assignment sheet and rubric for details on expectations and assessment.
• Projects are due on Wednesday, April 8.