The Harlem Renaissance (1919-1929 Timeline)

By: Amber JohnsonUS History

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1917

•Marcus Garvey arrived in Harlem and founded the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).

•In the Silent Protest Parade, Between 10,000-15,000 African-Americans joined.

1919

• Race riots broke out in Chicago and many other American cities. This was known as the “Red Summer of Hate”.

• NAACP spoke and had meetings about lynching.

• An army made almost entirely of African-American soldiers, returned from World War I to Harlem.

1921

• The Black Swan Phonograph Corporation was started by Harry Pace. They made “race records” which helped bring jazz to a bigger and more diverse crowd.

• Langston Hughes’ poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” was written and published.

1923

• Countless poems and songs were written and composed.

• Many African-Americans began to feel more comfortable expressing their emotions and feelings publically.

• Some of these famous African-American Artists were Marian Anderson, Claude McKay, James Weldon Johnson, and many more.

1926

• The Savoy Ballroom in Harlem opened.

• Harmon Foundation first annual art show of African-American artists’.

• Langston Hughes’ The Weary Blues is published.l art exhibit

1929

• Wallace Thurman’s play Harlem, opened on Broadway.

• The Negro Experimental Theater was created. 

• The Negro Art theatre was founded.