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The Harlem Renaissance
Chapter 21 Section 4 Notes
Great Migration• 1910-1920, 5 million blacks lived in the North
• Northerners not welcoming
• A-A. Goals– W.E.B. Du Bois: Founder of NAACP, protest
racial violence– James Weldon Johnson: Legislation to protect
A.A. rights– NAACP: main voice for African Americans
Marcus Garvey and UNIA• A.A. should build a separate society
• Universal Negro Improvement Association
• Plans– Promote A.A. business– Return to Africa, stop white colonies– Create a mighty African Nation
-He opened up black pride and reverence for Africa
Harlem Renaissance• Upper W. Side of
Manhattan• Largest black community• A literary and artistic
movement celebrating A.A. culture
A.A. Writers
• Literary Movement
• Wrote of Pride, defiance in a white world
• Claude McKay: Resist Prejudice, militant voice
• Langston Hughes: Poet, of poverty of Blacks
A.A. Performers
• Shuffle Along: Black musical comedy
• Paul Robeson: Actor, London and Broadway
• Jazz– Louis Armstrong: Famous Trumpet player– Duke Ellington: Jazz composer and band leader– Bessie Smith: female vocal