1. Mr. Long Mr. Colvin Mr. Parsons Mr. Sanders Dr. Bailey
Harlem Renaissance
Mr. Long
Mr. Colvin
Mr. Parsons
Mr. Sanders
Dr. Bailey

2. Harlem Time-line
1917
-Jamaican native Marcus Garvey arrived in Harlem and founded the United Negro Improvement Association, he promoted blacks to come together and join their own nation.
1920
-James Weldon Johnson became head of the NAACP.
1920's
-Jazz music caught the U.S In the big way.
1930's
-Jazz music kept rolling into the 30's and became a huge hit in the African American culture in Harlem
1890
-Between nearly 2 million African Americans migrated from their southern states up to the north to find a better life and less discrimination.
1910
-(NAACP) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded.
1917
-About 12,000 African Americans participated in the Silent Protest Parade, they marched down 5th Ave. in silence protesting violence against blacks.

3. Jazz of Harlem Jazz was the turn of the 1920's!
John “Dizzy” Gillespie- Jazz trumpet player
John Coltrane- inspired by the Harlem Jazz, became famous later.
Duke Ellington- trade marked jazz, real name was Edward Kennedy Ellington.

4. FOOD
Fried Chicken
Soul Food
Collard Greens
Chilli
Sweet Potatoes

5. Literature of Harlem
3 Famous writers from the Harlem Renaissance are Cootee Cullen, Langston Huges and Claude McKay.
Cullen- Lived in New York when he was young. His style was lyrical and had to do with mildly racist themes.
Hughes- was born in Missouri and moved to New York. His poems had a wider scope dealing with life of and African American.
McKay- traveled to Harlem in 1919 and joined the NAACP. He was deeply affected by the Institutionalized racism.

6. Apollo Theater Location: 253 W. 125th street, NYC
Founded: Mid- 1800's by former Civil War General Edward Ferrero