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The beginning of the Harlem Renaissance
The 369th Regiment marched up Fifth Avenue to Harlem, February 17.
W.E.B. Du Bois, Paris, organizes an African Congress.
There are race riots in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Charleston, Knoxville, Omaha, and elsewhere from June to September. -
Anti-lynching
The first Anti-Lynching legislation is approved by House of Representatives. -
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey is arrested for mail fraud and sentenced to five years in prison. -
1923
The Journal of Negro Life is founded by the National Urban League, with Charles S. Johnson as its editor.
Also the National Ethiopian Art Players staged The Chip Woman's Fortune by Willis Richardson, the first serious play by a black writer on Broadway.
Claude McKay spoke at the Fourth Congress of the Third International in Moscow in June.
Marcus Garvey is arrested for mail fraud and sentenced to five years in prison. -
Civic Club Dinner
The Civic Club Dinner, sponsored by Opportunity, bringing black writers and white publishers together, March 21. This event is considered the formal launching of of the New Negro movement. -
Harlem Globetrotters
The Harlem Globetrotters established and they are pretty amazing. -
Scottsboro Trial
The Scottsboro trial occurs from April through July. -
Republican party
The mass defection of blacks from the Republican party began. -
The W.E.B.ster
W.E.B. Du Bois resigns from The Crisis and NAACP. -
The Last days of Harlem
The famous Harlem Race Riot of March 19. And
50 percent of Harlem's families are unemployed.