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Period: to
years
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W.E.B. Dubois
Nisgara Movement is founded -
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded. -
The Crisis
The Crisis is launched. -
Universal Negro Improvement Association
founded by Marcus Garvey to create unity. -
Silent Protest Parade
African Americans marched to protest violence against blacks. -
Red Summer
Racial riots, lynchings, and violence. -
Race Riots
race riots in Washington, D.C., Charleston, Chicago, Knoxville, Omaha, and other places -
Shuffle Along
written and performed by African Americans. -
The Cotton Club
Harlem's most famous cabaret opens. -
Jazz
The First American Jazz Concert is held at Aeolian Hall in New York. -
Black Thursday
stock exchange crash -
Scottsboro boys
Scottboro boys are sentenced to death for supposedly raping two white women. -
Harlem Race Riot
