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Ragtime
Ragtime, which emerged in the 1890s , was composed music, written down for performance on the piano -
Scott Joplin
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Harlem Renaissance
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Shuffle Along
Shuffle Along was created by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake on Broadway with Florence Mills An Josephine Baker Link text -
Jelly Roll Morton
He moved to Chicago in 1917 where he subsequently led and recorded with ¨Morton´s Red Hot Peppers¨. -
Harlem Shadow
In 1922 Claude McKay wrote the poem "Harlem Shadows"
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Langston Hughes
Lagston Hughes published " The Negro Speaks of River -
Cane By Jane Toomer
Cane was written and published by Jane Toomer -
The Cotton Club
The cotton Club was opened and know known for its entertainment and the number one beer . The Cotton Club was run by a new york gangster Owney Madden . The Cotton Club also gave the black people who came up from the south some jobs and some black entertains the opportunity to get in the spot light such as Duke Ellington , Nicholas Brothers , Ethel Waters and many more -
"All God's Chillun Got Wings"
Paul Robeson started in Eugene O'Neil's Drama " All God's Chillun Got Wings ". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEtMhIB9oIg -
duke Ellington cotton club appearance
Duke Ellington made his first appearance -
black in movies
"i am a fugitive from a chain gang" was one of the first black movies during Jim Crow era -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson's name started to get bigger in the negro baseball leagues -
Jackie robinson (sports)
Jackie Robinson was the first African american to play baseball in the major league
