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NAACP Is Founded
1910
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded, and prominent black leader W.E.B. Du Bois becomes editor of the group's monthly magazine, Crisis. -
Black Protest
1917
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. -
Head of NAACP
1920
James Weldon Johnson becomes the head of the NAACP. -
Literature
1922
The first major book of the Harlem Renaissance appears when Claude McKay's novel Harlem Shadows is published by Harcourt, Brace. -
Music
1923
Louis Armstrong joins Fletcher Henderson's orchestra, which—performing at the famed Roseland Ballroom—becomes the most popular dance band in New York. -
Art
1925
Artist Sargent Johnson exhibits his paintings at the San Francisco Art Association, and Archibald Motley wins a medal from the Art Institute of Chicago for his painting "A Mulatress." -
Black Scholarship
1925
Zora Neale Hurston enters Barnard College on a scholarship, studying anthropology. -
NAACP
1926
The NAACP-sponsored theatrical group the Krigwa Players stages three plays. -
Broadway
1927
Porgy, a musical play with black characters and themes, opens on Broadway. -
Sponsors
1929
The Harmon Foundation sponsors an exhibition of black artists at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.