Marcus Garvey Who was he? What was his impact on the “New Negro” movement?

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Booker T. Washington W.E.B. Dubois Who created the workable plan?
Advertisements

African Americans in the Progressive Era. Booker T. Washington & the Tuskegee Institute Born a slave in Virginia Named first director of Tuskegee Institute.
Chapter 21 Section 4 Chapter 21 Section 4. Review: Pop Culture and Heroes Pop Culture and Heroes Education Education Writers: Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott.
The Harlem Renaissance ( Timeline) By: Amber Johnson US History
Chapter 25 Section 1 The Cold War Begins Section 5 The Harlem Renaissance Objectives Analyze the racial and economic philosophies of Marcus Garvey. Trace.
 The UNIA was dedicated to racial pride, economic self- sufficiency, and the formation of an independent black nation in Africa. In addition, the UNIA.
The Harlem Renaissance
PresentationExpress.
The New Negro, Garvey, and the UNIA. Nadir Racism intensified (Birth of a Nation, second Ku Klux Klan, etc.) Return of black troops to segregation, disenfranchisement,
Different Approaches to “Race Politics,” 1890s-1920s Booker T. Washington W.E.B. DuBois Marcus Garvey.
Marcus Garvey Leader of the African- American Community.
Harlem Renaissance By: Max Rapkin. Harlem... Harlem Black, black Harlem Souls of Black Folk Ask Du Bois Little grey restless feet Ask Claude McKay City.
Literature, Art, and Music.  A cultural movement spanning the 1920’s – 1930’s  Also known as the New Negro Movement after the anthology by Alain Locke.
Introduction to African American Studies Africans in America.
  Born 1887 in Jamaica  Travelled in Latin America, worked with Ali Duse Mohamed on African Times and Orient Review ( )  In Jamaica, founded.
The Harlem Renaissance. Harlem is vicious Modernism. BangClash. Vicious the way it's made, Can you stand such beauty. So violent and transforming. Amiri.
The Progressive Era led to demands for equal rights by African Americans Quick Class Discussion: In what ways were blacks discriminated against? 80% of.
Marcus Garvey Marcus Mosiah Garvey was born in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica, in Marcus Mosiah Garvey was born in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica, in His father.
Warm-up: Describe at least 3 things that helped create a national mass culture during the 1920s and explain how they accomplished this.
African-American Progressives Honors United States History 8.3.
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute February 17, 2011 U.S. History Mr. Green.
Bell Ringer #7 – 1/19/2010 In paragraph form, explain what you know about Nelson Mandela’s past presidency in South Africa.
TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Harlem Renaissance.
Harlem Renaissance. Harlem Renaissance, pg. 29 Harlem Renaissance African-American Writers “Jazz Age” African-American Goals.
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance
Complete Harlem Map worksheet
Alain L. Locke DOMO PHILLIPS. AN AMERICAN WRITER, PHILOSOPHER, EDUCATOR, AND A PATRON OF THE ARTS September, June, Leader and chief interpreter.
Literary Period: Harlem Renaissance By: Madison Minor.
Harlem Renaissance 1920’s By: Reda Z. & Deniz Y..
African American Studies 40A Week 8: The Great Migration and The Harlem Renaissance.
Goals: To understand the importance of the Harlem Renaissance to 1920s culture To understand how the Harlem Renaissance established a basis for the Civil.
African-American Leadership in the Early 1900s April 13, 2011 Objectives: 1. TSW compare and contrast the viewpoints of two early Civil Rights leaders.
Lesson 2: Focal point – We will be able to discuss how racist struggles continued during the early 1900’s. Do Now: (p703)After World War I why were many.
Harlem Renaissance. The Great Migration From 1910 – 1930, African Americans moved away from the South and into the North East, Mid West and West – Escaping.
Harlem Renaissance. Definition African American Art Movement Stimulated artistic development, racial pride, a sense of community and promoted political.
The Emergence of New Values in the 1920s. Women Women began to demonstrate new independence & assertiveness Women began to drink & smoke in public Began.
Ch.22 - A Turbulent Decade Myungjin Cha, Yeonsu Cho, Sunny Cho.
Friday! FRIDAY! FRIDAY!! Welcome back! Bellringer: – Free choice Friday! Please write at least three well-developed sentences about any school-related.
SECTION 13.4: FOCUS QUESTIONS
The Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance An African American Cultural Movement.
REMEDIATION LESSON TOPIC: Du Bois, Washington, Garvey
1925 ‘THE NEW NEGRO’ AND HARLEM RENAISSANCE. OUTLINE African-American leadership Booker T. Washington W.E.B Du Bois Marcus Garvey Great Migration Great.
HARLEM RENAISSANCE 17 January Do Now 17 January 2014 In four sentences, please tell me everything you know about the cultural changes that took.
Harlem Renaissance Definition. Harlem Renaissance: African-American civil rights activists employed the artists and writers of their culture to work for.
 Looking back at the previous lesson, describe the radio’s influence on American life.
Warm Up How does art reflect the community that you live in? What are some examples of art that reflects your community? Art may include fashion, dance,
By the early 1900’s there were three main Black leaders. W.E.B.Du Bois, Marcus Garvey and Booker T. Washington. They had different views on how to improve.
Goal 9 Part 3 The Harlem Renaissance. 1920s African American / NAACP Great Migration (between ) CAUSES the growth in African American population.
Key African Americans of the New South Period. Key African- Americans of the New South Pd. Alonzo Herndon Booker T. Washington W. E. B. Dubois John &
21-4: the HARLEM RENAISSANCE: 1919 TO 1935, HARLEM NEW YORK CITY AFTER WWI MANY BLACKS FLED THE SOUTH FOR BETTER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND FREEDOM FROM.
Benchmark 3 Review. Reacting to the end of WWI, the US followed this type of foreign policy A policy of isolationism.
The Harlem Renaissance Unit 3 Section 1 Part 6. A. The Great Migration 1910, Harlem a favorite destination for black Americans Segregation and racism.
The Harlem Renaissance
Great Migration What is it?
Harlem Renaissance.
Lesson 4.1: The Harlem Renaissance
Chapter 13-Section 4-The Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance.
The Harlem Renaissance
Objectives Analyze the racial and economic philosophies of Marcus Garvey. Trace the development and impact of jazz. Discuss the themes explored by writers.
Warm-up: Describe at least 3 things that helped create a national mass culture during the 1920s and explain how they accomplished this.
Harlem Renaissance Aim: How did the Harlem Renaissance have an enormous impact on African American society? Reminder: Castle Learning Benchmark 50 M/C.
The Harlem Renaissance
Objectives Analyze the racial and economic philosophies of Marcus Garvey. Trace the development and impact of jazz. Discuss the themes explored by writers.
Section 4-The Harlem Renaissance
Objectives Analyze the racial and economic philosophies of Marcus Garvey. Trace the development and impact of jazz. Discuss the themes explored by writers.
The Harlem Renaissance
Objectives Analyze the racial and economic philosophies of Marcus Garvey. Trace the development and impact of jazz. Discuss the themes explored by writers.
Presentation transcript:

Marcus Garvey Who was he? What was his impact on the “New Negro” movement?

Marcus Garvey’s Rise  Garvey established the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in native Jamaica in  Two years later, he introduced UNIA to NY  After WWI - UNIA gains wide popularity among African-Americans (particularly new migrants from South)

Why was he so popular?  Garvey insisted “Black” stood for “strength and beauty, not inferiority”- asserted independence from “white society”  He expressed that only real solution for African-Americans was to go “Back to Africa”

In what ways did he demonstrate his ideas?  He organized: “Universal African Legion”, Universal Black Cross Nurses, Universal African Motor Corporation, Black Eagle Flying Corps, Black Star Steamship Line, “Empire of Africa” (‘21)  He claimed 4M followers in 1920 (6M in 1923)

Impact on “New Negro” Movement?  According to John Hope Franklin, “ though few Harlem authors would concede it,….he (Garvey) was one of the great energizers of the “New Negro Movement”.  NAACP and DuBois were critical - “bombastic and impractical”. Criticism was mutual - “NAACP wants us to become white”.

Inglorious Ending?  Garvey was imprisoned in Atlanta for “Mail Fraud” in ‘23 - financing his Black Star Steamship Line  Pardoned by Pres. Coolidge in ‘27   site site

Background Info - Charles S. Johnson  Born in Bristol, VA  Doctorate from Univ. of Chicago  Served in US Army in WWI (France)  Returned to study and report on Chicago Race Riot (1919)  Became director of National Urban League (NY)  Founded and edited - Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life (‘21)  Became President of Fisk University (‘46)

Charles S. Johnson  What was his interpretation of the “New Negro”?

Background Info - Alain Locke  Born in Philadelphia,PA - went to Central H.S.  Studied Philosophy and graduated from Harvard in 1902  Became first black Rhodes Scholar at Oxford Univ. in England  Edited Survey Graphic (‘25) and The New Negro (‘25)  Strongly endorsed the Arts (Visual, Drama,etc.)  “Negro drama must grow in its own soil and cultivate its own intrinsic elements; only in this way can it become truly organic, and cease being a rootless derivative.”

Alain Locke  What was his interpretation of the “New Negro”?