1. We are in our assigned seat, with Our phones put away
In This Class…..
We are in our assigned seat,
with Our phones put away
When the bell rings.

2. Rules Refresher We will follow ALL school Rules regarding electronic
Devices. NO phones or
Headphones allowed in
This class.

3. The Harlem Renaissance
Learning Targets
I can analyze images from the
Harlem Renaissance
I understand the concepts of the
“New Negro” and the Harlem Renaissance
I understand what venues like the
Cotton Club, Apollo Theater, and
Striver’s Row meant (and still mean)
To African Americans
Key Terms/Events
Great Migration
“New Negro”
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz
Cotton Club
Apollo Theater
“Striver’s Row”

6. Great Migration…. The During and after World
War One, millions of African
Americans moved away from
Sharecropping and Jim
Crow in the South to the
Cities in the north.
They were mostly looking for
Jobs in factories, which paid
Much better than the farm
Work in the South

7. The “New Negro” WEB Dubois Along with the move north came new
Ways of thinking and looking at the world
For many African Americans.
Rural life and Jim Crow had denied many
African Americans access to the intellectual
Life before, but now with new communities
Forming in the cities of the north,
Many black people began to desire a place
In the American nation.
A Generation who had not grown up as slaves.
A new emphasis on education
And culture, especially to black elites.
WEB Dubois

8. Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was a time of a great
Explosion of black entertainment and art in Harlem
(and other cities).
As the black middle class grew in the north, and had
Money to spend on entertainment, new artists and
Venues sprang up to fill the need.
For the first time
In American history,
It also became
Normal for whites
To seek out black
Entertainers.

9. JAZZ Jazz was a type Of music that grew Out of blues and
“ragtime” music that
Developed in the South,
Especially New Orleans
It was fun to dance to and fit
In with the “liberated” feeling
Of the time.
For many young white people, Jazz
Became a way of rebelling against their
Parents by listening to “Negro” music.

10. Cotton Club And Apollo Theater
“Black” venues became “social spaces” for African
Americans. Remember when we talked about the black
Church during Jim Crow…?

11. A neighborhood called “Striver’s Row” became symbolic of a new
Middle class consciousness among African Americans who had
More money than others. It was the nicest part of Harlem, and they
Tried to keep “low-class” blacks out of it.
Why didn’t this
Happen in the Jim
Crow South?
Striver’s Row