Transcript Admir Selimovic Harlem Renaissancex

Admir Selimovic
March 15, 2011
1st period
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African Americans
migrating from south
to north.
During WW1.
Into Great Depression
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The end of the
American Civil War in
1865 increased
education and
employment for
blacks.
As a result, blacks
began to head to the
Northern United States
by the millions.
Racism was less brutal
in the north than in
the south.
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Houses were build in
Harlem for better
access to the city for
whites.
Soon African
Americans migrated
from the south to
the north.
Suburban homes
soon became known
as the hood.
Definition: In the decade following World
War I, an artistic explosion occurred within
the African American community that
produced a wealth of music, literature
poetry, dance, social discourse and visual
art.
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Black Culture and the
Harlem Renaissance
can about in artistic
ways not by violence
or hate.
African Americans
made history by
using art and music
to a culture together.
NAACP was apart of
this movement
Louis Armstrong
-The greatest of all Jazz
musicians.
-Armstrong defined what it
was to play Jazz
 Josephine Baker
-A versatile and charismatic
performer
-Talented singer and dancer
 Edward Kennedy Ellington
-American composer,
conductor and pianist
-One of the most respected
figures in the history of
jazz
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Duke Ellington
Jelly Roll Morton
Willie "The Lion"
Smith
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A religious and
cultural organization
founded in 1931 in
the United States,
espousing Islamic
principles and
favoring political,
social, and economic
independence for
African Americans.
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The Harlem
Renaissance
succeeded in
depicting the African
American as an
individual who was
capable of making
great achievements if
given the
opportunity.
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African-American
civil rights activists
employed the artists
and writers of their
culture to work for
the goals of civil
rights and equality.
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Faced options of
going back to Africa
Opposition of whites
Smaller pay than
whites
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Langston Hughes
W.E. Du Bois
Marcus Garvey
James Johnson
Claude McKay
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William Johnson
Lois Jones
Archibald Motley
John Biggers
Hale Woodruff
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Want for black
improvement
New culture
developed.
Proved value of
African Americans
not previously seen
before
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