Harlem Renaissance Flashcards
During the 1920s, what did African Americans do?
Set new goals for themselves as they moved to cities
What is a common phrase?
“Black is beautiful”
Between 1910 and 1920, what happened?
The Great Migration
What was the Great Migration
When African Americans moved north
Were these people welcomed by the Northern Cities?
No, and tensions escalated
What was the NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded by WEB Du Bois to protest racial violence
Who was James Weldon Johnson
A Poet, lawyer, and NAACP executive secretary. It fought for laws to protect African American rights.
Who was Marcus Garvey?
He was an immigrant from Jamaica
What did Garvey believe in?
That African Americans should form a seperate society
What was the UNIA?
Universal Negro IMprovement Association , Garvey opened places in the ghetto
What did Garvey do to lure followers?
Program to promote African American businesses
- Followers to return to Africa
- Help native people there throw out white oppressors
What was Garvey convicted off?
mail fraud
Where did many African Americans Migrate?
Harlem
What did Harlem suffer from?
overcrowding, unemployment, and poverty
What was the Harlem Renesssaince?
a literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture
Who was Claude McKay?
A novelist, poet, and Jamaican immigrant. He wrote to African Americans to resist prejudice. His poems always expressed the pain of life in the black ghettos.
Langston Hughes
the movements best known poet. He described the difficult working conditions of african americans
Zora Neale Hurston
Author who portrayed the lives of poor unschooled Southern Blacks
Paul Robeson
the son of a one time slave. Became a major dramatic actor. He struggled with racism.
Louis Armstrong:
He was part of the Creole Jazz Group. He played the trumpet. He was famous for his astoundign sense of rhythm and ablility to improvise.
Duke EllingtonL
Jazzz Pianist and composer played at the Cotton Club.
Bessie Smith
Female Blues Singer and was an oustanding vocalist
