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)

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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.