The Roaring 20s: African American Culture

Ch 7.3

Thursday, March 22, 2012

• Daily Goal: Understand that the Harlem Renaissance was a form of African American Artistic expression and social protest.

• Ch 7.2 Notes Analysis• Explain what technological innovations helped

created a mass media and popular culture:• Examples: Radio, Talkies, Popular Culture.

Harlem Renaissance

• The center of flowering African American Culture and Arts was in the New York neighborhood of Harlem.

• Writers and Musicians expressed their anger, frustrations and dreams through their arts like Jazz, Blues and Poetry.

Discussion Questions

• Can music be used as a form of protest or to send a political message?

• Can you think of any examples?

Jazz

• Jazz became incredibly popular form of music during the 1920s.

• Jazz was an expression of the struggles which African Americans dealt with during this period.

• Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington were notable Jazz musicians of the time.

Oscar DePriest

African American Politics

• In 1928 Oscar DePriest was the first African American from the North elected to Congress.

• The NAACP lobbied Congress to pass anti-lynching laws to protect the rights of African Americans.

Discussion Questions

• What is the difference between a country and a nation?

• Example: The United Kingdom is one country with four nations within it: England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

• What is nationalism?• How does it compare to Patriotism?

Black Nationalism

• Marcus Garvey started the United Negro Improvement Association and “Negro Nationalism” which glorified black culture and history.

• Garvey believed African Americans would never achieve justice and equality in the US and began the Back to Africa Movement.

Marcus Garvey in his own words

• “The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.”

• “Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!”

• “I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there.”