African American Culture
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THE JAZZ AGE!
African American Culture
LEARNING TARGETS:
At the end of this lesson you will be able to…
Identify Oscar DePriest, Claude McKay, Langston
Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, and Duke
Ellington.
Describe the Harlem Renaissance and the Cotton
Club.
Relate the activities of Marcus Garvey.
Describe the Great Migration.
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
The Great Migration of WWI was the beginning of
increased populations of African Americans in
Northern Cities
The Writers
Claude McKay: wrote about racism in his poetry
Langston Hughes: considered the most prolific,
original, and versatile writers of the HR
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Jazz, Blues, and the Theater
Louis Armstrong: introduced an improvisational,
early form of jazz
Duke Ellington: composer, pianist, and bandleader
who played in “speakeasies” and clubs
The Cotton Club: a famous Harlem nightspot
Bessie Smith: “empress of the blues”
Blues: soulful style of music that evolved from African
American spirituals
Paul Robeson: singer and actor
Josephine Baker: flamboyant singer and dancer
AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICS
The Black Vote in the North
Most voted Republican
Oscar DePriest: a group of African Americans agreed
with one another to vote him into congress
The NAACP Battles Lynching
Worked mostly through public officials and the legal
system
Also prevented Judge John J. Parker’s nomination to the
supreme court by drawing the attention of congress to his
racism
AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICS
Black Nationalism and Marcus Garvey
Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
Rather than trying to end segregation, he worked to help
African Americans gain economic and political power
through education and become a separate-but-better than
white society
REVIEW QUESTIONS:
Who was Oscar DePriest?
Who was Claude McKay?
Who was Langston Hughes?
Who was Louis Armstrong?
Who was Bessie Smith?
Who was Duke Ellington?
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
What was the Cotton Club?
What did Marcus Garvey do?
What was the Great Migration?