Harlem

By yaimballin

  • NAACP

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was created.

  • UNIA

    Marcus Garvey founded the United Negro Improvement Association

  • Silent Protest Parade

    Between 10,000 and 15,000 African Americans join the Silent Protest Parade, marching down Fifth Avenue in complete silence to protest violence against blacks.

  • 369th Infantry Regiment

    The 369th Infantry Regiment, a highly decorated unit made up entirely of African American soldiers, returns from World War I.

  • Black Swan Phonograph

    Harry Pace founds the Black Swan Phonograph Corporation and begins production of the "race records" that will help to bring jazz and blues music to a wider audience.

  • Harlem Shadows

    The first major book of the Harlem Renaissance appears when Claude McKay's novel Harlem Shadows is published by Harcourt, Brace.

  • Cane

    Jean Toomer's innovative novel Cane is published and Toomer is hailed as one of the most promising young authors of the Harlem Renaissance.

  • Countee Cullen

    Poems by Harlem Renaissance star Countee Cullen appear in four major white publications.

  • First American Jazz Concert

    The exciting new musical form known as jazz is showcased in the "First American Jazz Concert" at Aeolian Hall in New York.

  • Harlem

    Wallace Thurman's play Harlem opens on Broadway, becoming the most successful production of its time by a black author.