2. Early 1900s
Movement of African Americans, art, music,
literature, and dance
Encourage African Americans to embrace their
heritage
Raise of radical African American intellectuals
Transformed African American’s identity and
history
Later known as The Harlem Renaissance
3. The Great Migration
-Better opportunities
- Newspapers enticed people calling
Harlem the “promise land”
- Brought new creativity to big northern
cities (New York, Chicago, Detroit)
- Developed an independent spirit.
4. An African American platoon
Also known as the 369th Regiment
Marched up 5th Ave in Harlem, NY
- Celebrated the return of African American
troops.
Got people thinking about their equality in
America
5. Founded Feb. 2 , 1909
National Association of the Advancement of
Colored People
W.E.B Du bois
James Weldon Johnson- Lift Ev’ry Voice
The Crisis
6. - Black historical sociologist and Harvard
scholar.
- Founded the NAACP (National Association of
the Advancement of Colored People)
- Promoted civil rights and fight for African
Americans
7. - Diplomat, author, songwriter, lawyer, educator
to civil right advocate and mentor to black
writers
- Wrote the Negro National Anthem
- Secretary of the NAACP
- Anti- Lynching Bill (1921)
- “Black Manhattan”
8. - UNIA; Universal Negro Improvement
Association
- “Back to Africa” movement
-Black Star Line
- Negro Factories Corporation
- Critized the NAACP
9. - Born a slave
- Educator
- National Negro Business League
- Urged blacks to accept their unequal position
in society
- Disagreed with W.E.B Du bois
- Social rights vs. Economic Dominance
10. Fire!! was a magazine
dedicated to artistic
expression without
censorship.
Image courtesy: “Teaching the American 20s:
Image Gallery Cover of Fire!!, Vol. 1, no. 1” Date:
1926
By 1926 younger artists
rejected censorship.
Artists such as Langston
Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston
and Wallace Thurman
detailed the negative aspects
of Harlem life.
Harsh conditions existing in
the North promoted the
desire for change.
The Civil Rights Movement
was therefore fueled by the
Harlem Renaissance.
11. 1. Increased Economic Awareness
2. Racial Pride
3. Activism Against Racial Injustice
