1. The Harlem Renaissance Chapter 21 Section 4 Notes

2. Great Migration 1910-1920, 5 million blacks lived in the North Northerners not welcoming A-A. Goals –W.E.B. Du Bois: Founder of NAACP, protest racial violence –James Weldon Johnson: Legislation to protect A.A. rights –NAACP: main voice for African Americans

3. Marcus Garvey and UNIA A.A. should build a separate society Universal Negro Improvement Association Plans –Promote A.A. business –Return to Africa, stop white colonies –Create a mighty African Nation -He opened up black pride and reverence for Africa

4. Harlem Renaissance Upper W. Side of Manhattan Largest black community A literary and artistic movement celebrating A.A. culture

5. A.A. Writers Literary Movement Wrote of Pride, defiance in a white world Claude McKay: Resist Prejudice, militant voice Langston Hughes: Poet, of poverty of Blacks

6. A.A. Performers Shuffle Along: Black musical comedy Paul Robeson: Actor, London and Broadway Jazz –Louis Armstrong: Famous Trumpet player –Duke Ellington: Jazz composer and band leader –Bessie Smith: female vocal