Harlem Renaissance

Mr. LongMr. Colvin

Mr. ParsonsMr. Sanders

Dr. Bailey

Harlem Time-line

1890

-Between 1890-1920 nearly 2 million African Americans migrated from their southern states up to the north to find a better life and less discrimination.

1910

-(NAACP) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded.

1917

-About 12,000 African Americans participated in the Silent Protest Parade, they marched down 5th Ave. in silence protesting violence against blacks.

1917

-Jamaican native Marcus Garvey arrived in Harlem and founded the United Negro Improvement Association, he promoted blacks to come together and join their own nation.

1920

-James Weldon Johnson became head of the NAACP.

1920's

-Jazz music caught the U.S In the big way.

1930's

-Jazz music kept rolling into the 30's and became a huge hit in the African American culture in Harlem

Jazz of Harlem

• Jazz was the turn of the 1920's!

• John “Dizzy” Gillespie- Jazz trumpet player

• John Coltrane- inspired by the Harlem Jazz, became famous later.

• Duke Ellington- trade marked jazz, real name was Edward Kennedy Ellington.

FOOD

• Fried Chicken

• Soul Food

• Collard Greens

• Chilli

• Sweet Potatoes

Literature of Harlem

• 3 Famous writers from the Harlem Renaissance are Cootee Cullen, Langston Huges and Claude McKay.

• Cullen- Lived in New York when he was young. His style was lyrical and had to do with mildly racist themes.

• Hughes- was born in Missouri and moved to New York. His poems had a wider scope dealing with life of and African American.

• McKay- traveled to Harlem in 1919 and joined the NAACP. He was deeply affected by the Institutionalized racism.

Apollo Theater

• Location: 253 W. 125th street, NYC

• Founded: Mid-1800's by former Civil War General Edward Ferrero