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13th Admendment
The 13th Admendment was when Slavery had oficially ended. -
The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871
The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 gave rise to speeches by African American Congressmen adressing civic participation, political equality and economic and cultural self determination. -
Empowerment
By 1975 sixteen blacks had been elected and served in Congress and gave numerous speeches with their newfound empowerment . -
The Great Migration
Between 1890 and 1920, more then two million African Americans move from the South to the industrial North to cities like Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit and New York, in hopes for a better life with less racism and discrimnation. -
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Jim Crow Segregation in the South
Democratic whites managed to regain power in the South and from 1890 to 1908 the proceeded to pass legislaiton that disenfranchised most Negros and many poor whites, traping them without represntation. -
Harlem becomes primarily African-American
In 1910, a large block along 135th Street and Fifth Avenue was bought by various African-American realtors and church group. Many more African-Americans arrived during the First World War. -
Roland Hayes
Roland Hayes was the first Negro male to gain wide recognition as a concert artist. He began singing in public as a student and toured with the Fisk Jubilee Singers in 1911. -
Three Plays for a Negro Theatre
1917 saw the start of Three Plays for a Negro Theatre. These plays, written by white playwright Ridgely Torrance, featured African-American actors conveying complex human emotions and yearnings. James Weldon Johnson called these plays "the most important single event in the entire history of the Negro in the American Theater." -
Newspaper
In 1917 Hubert Harrison, "The Father of Harlem Radicalism," founded the Liberty League and the Voice, the first orgination and the first newspaper, respectively, of the "New Negro Movement". -
Red Summer of 1919
Race riots and other civil upsprings occured throughout the US during the Red Summer of 1919, reflecting economical competition over jobs and housing in many cities, as well as tensions over social territories. -
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The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance is unofficially recognized to have spanned from about 1919 until the early or mid-1930s. -
The Great Gatsby
On April 10th, 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald published "The Great Gatsby" novel. The novel portrays the 1920's and the Harlem Renissance. It has to do with Americans and their greed, lack of morals and displays two affairs, lying and also in the end a death. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression of 1929 was a worldwide depression that lasted for 10 years. Its kickoff in the U.S. economy was “Black Thursday," October 24th,1929, when 12.9 million shares of stock were sold in one day. -
The End in 1929- 1930
Just as modern-day critics and historians disagree on when exactly the Harlem Renaissance began, none can pinpoint the moment it ended. Some say it ended around the Great Depression time.The Depression hit the African-American people hard. Layoffs and housing foreclosures shut many blacks out of the American Dream that previously seemed so close at hand. The increased economic tension of the Depression caused black leaders to shift their focus thus people say ending the the Harlem Renissance. -
Harlem Riot
The Harlem Riot of 1935 was Harlem's first race riot. Three died, hundreds were wounded and an estimated $2 million in damages were sustained to properties throughout the district, with African-American owned homes and businesses spared the worst of the destruction -
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The Civil Rights Movement
Afican Americans fight for civil rights through protests, boycotts, marches, speeches and also campaigns.
