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Formation of NAACP
(Leading up to the Harlem Renaissance). National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Formed in New York City by white and black activists. It is considered the oldest and largest civil rights organization. -
The Crisis Magazine
(1910- onward) Published by the NAACP. Most of the Harlem Renaissance writers published in The Crisis during the 1920s. Gave people the courage to move during the Great Migration now that they had a voice. Platform for insistence on racial justice. -
Universal Negro Improvement Association
A campaign against lynching, Jim Crow laws, denial of black voting, and racial discrimination. Now that the association was founded, African Americans are beginning to gain a voice, and are standing up for their rights. They had military support, led by Marcus Garvey. -
World War I
(1914-1918) African Americans were able to serve in the military and gain respect for their service. Although, they still faced discrimination. They were able to have factory jobs. WWI led up to the Great Migration. -
The Great Migration
(1920s) The movement of African Americans from south to north. This is what landed them in Harlem. They went from farmland, to working in industry. This opened better social and political opportunities. They live in separate communities, and are still segregated. -
Shuffle Along
The debut of this Broadway hit opened the door for black performers. Black audience members were able to sit in the orchestra section of the audience. The show contributed to the desegregation of theaters, and gave many black actors and actresses their big break. -
"Fine Clothes to the Jew" is Published
This is Langston Hughes's second book of poems. It was published by Alfred Knopf. Hughes was a important writer during the Harlem Renaissance. He had a large influence, and expressed the struggle for equality in his works. -
God's Trombone- Aaron Douglas Illustration
Aaron Douglas is known as the "Father of Black American Art." He would incorporate traditional African styles into his paintings and illustrations, and he liked to normalize African culture in America. In this specific book, he illustrated black men where white Christian men where expected to be. -
Louis Armstrong Forms his Band
"Louis Armstrong and the Stompers." Armstrong he started to play big in New York, and playing for a few years in Chicago. He was originally from New Orleans. He played in big theaters in New York, and he set the stage for future jazz musicians. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression of the 1930s made African Americans life worse economically. Many people lost their jobs because stock market crushed and they suffered from an unemployment rate two to three times that of whites. In early public assistance programs African Americans often received substantially less aid than whites, and some charitable organizations even excluded blacks from their soup kitchens. -
The The last novel of the Harlem Renaissance
African American author Zora Hurston published the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. She was considered the most famous woman writer of the Harlem Renaissance
