Harlem Renaissance Definition. Harlem Renaissance: African-American civil rights activists employed the artists and writers of their culture to work for.

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Harlem Renaissance Definition

Harlem Renaissance: African-American civil rights activists employed the artists and writers of their culture to work for the goals of civil rights and equality. Jazz music, African- American fine art, and black literature were all absorbed into mainstream culture, bringing attention to a previously disenfranchised segment of the American population.

Blossoming of African-American culture in European-American society, particularly in the worlds of art and music, became known as the Harlem Renaissance. Biography.com Mini Timeline: A. End of Civil War: 1865 B. Plessy vs. Ferguson: 1896 C. Harlem:

Organizations 1. W.E. DuBois: 1909: founded NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Purpose: promote civil rights 2. Marcus Garvey: 1909: founded the “Back to Africa Movement”-- UNIA-ACL- Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. Purpose: reuniting all people of African ancestry and creating one government

Organizations 3. Ruth Standish Baldwin & George Edmund Haynes: early 20 th Century-founded the NUL- National Urban League-Purpose: counseled black migrants from the South, trained black social workers, and worked to give educational and employment opportunities to blacks.