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The Beginning of The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance is about what was involved and what the Harlem Renaissance was. It is also about how it came about. There is a lot dealing with the Renaissance. There have been a lot of people in it. This was not just an explosion of African American history. It was a new beginning for blacks and our future. It gave African Americans pride in them. It made them feel like anything and everything was possible. That nothing could stop them. Nothing could stand in their way. -
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The NAACP was created in during 1909-1910 in Harlem. The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race. -
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Editor for Crisis magazine
The Crisis The Crisis is the official publication of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). It features African American commentary on current affairs. In the past, it has also featured African American literature prominently, and was one of the major magazines of the Harlem Renaissance.The Crisis was founded in 1910 by W. E. B. Du Bois, who edited the early volumes. It was originally subtitled "A Record of the Darker Races". No issue copyright renewals appear to exist for -
Great Migration
Between 1915 and 1970, more than 6 million African-Americans moved out of the South to cities across the Northeast, Midwest and West.
This relocation — called the Great Migration — resulted in massive demographic shifts across the United States. Between 1910 and 1930, cities such as New York, Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland saw their African-American populations grow by about 40 percent, and the number of African-Americans employed in industrial jobs nearly doubled. -
Marcus Garvey
Born in St Ann's Bay, Jamaica on 17 August 1887, the youngest of 11 children, arrives in Harlem and founds the United Negro Improvement. His black organization bought 3 ships in which they started practicing international trade and commerce. -
The Black Swan Phonograph
The Black Swan Phonograph Corporation is founded by Harry Pace; they produce “race records” which helped bring jazz to a larger audience, especially recordings of Mamie and Bessie Smith (1921) -
Langston
Langston Hughes’ poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” is published in Crisis -
Anti-lynch march
UNIA, NAACP and YMCA march in support of Congressman Dyer’s federal anti-lynching bill -
Civic Club Dinner
Civic Club Dinner, sponsored by Opportunity, on March 21st to bring black writers and white publishers together -
First American Jazz concert
The new musical form known as jazz is showcased at Aeolian Hall in New York in the “First American Jazz Concert” -
Stock Market Crash
The stock market crashes on October 29, 1929 – economic crisis known as the Great Depression begins, and brings an end to the ‘Jazz Age’ -
Chick Webb
Born in February 10, 1909 in Baltimore, he formed the Chick Webb Orchestra and was a famous American Jazz musician and swing music drummer. -
Sargent Claude Johnson
Born in Boston on October 7, 1887, He created an exhibit of his paintings at the San Francisco Art Association and he won prizes for Sammy -
Billie Holiday (Lady Day)
Born in Philadelphia, Penn, during the 1950’s Billie Holiday rose as a social phenomenon and became one of the first artists to perform at Cafe Society -
Archibald Motley Jr.
Born in 1891 in New Orleans and raised in Chicago, he was famous for his colorful chronicling of the African-American experience during the 1920s and 1930s -
Louis Armstrong
Armstrong honored with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. he was a jazz muscian.(1972)
