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Objective 4.6- The Harlem Renaissance

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has American society adapted and changed through the Roaring Twenties African can culture came of age and went mainstream seed in a background of slavery and Prejudice black music and art gave African-Americans and identity  Olympus to the Harlem Renaissance  the Harlem Renaissance was a rebirth of African American culture during the 1920s the Revival was a cultural social and artistic explosion of African American identity centered in Harlem New York do you remember the Great Migration were one brought about the great African Americans left the South and move to Northern cities in groves they filled factory jobs left vacant by men going to war they also foot racial discrimination and Metro servitude during the war every Northern cities size spike in African American population  this Rebirth of African American culture begins with this migration former slaves and poor Southern blacks move to Northern cities during World War 1 by 1925 million African-Americans 40% of African Americans living in the United play lived in the cities they moved for cheap factory jobs and to escape the Jim Crow South still racial tensions Rose and cities between whites and blacks Adam New York became the central capital for Northern blacks with a huge African American population of Harlem was the heart of this rebirth by embracing their new unified identity African Americans also fought the fight for equality by 1920 two distinctly different groups have formed in the area civil rights the n-double-acp for the Nash Association for the advancement of colored people through both legislation and militancy James Weldon Johnson we're both leaders in the civil rights movement in the 1920s boukman priest inclusion of African-Americans and whites site but also encourage protest against discrimination the other how did the Civil Rights Movement was led by Marcus Garvey who found the unia or the universal negro Improvement Association the unia focus on creating a separate blacks Kirby open offices in poor ghettos to help poor blacks cuz he felt blacks and whites cannot coexist he created the back to Africa movement for blacks unify from and create an all black society in a resettled Africa  the New Black identity that was reborn in the Harlem Renaissance really blossomed in art and literature black writers and artists celebrated African American culture in their work and Langston Hughes were the top Riders of the time he was his poem go to a jazz Tempo into finally spoke about black struggles person roller emotional books about African Americans overcoming the Jim Crow South works like Langston Hughes weary blues and Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God were some of the biggest titles that come out of the age and really inspired future African American artists but most of all the Harlem Renaissance gave birth to the American art form Jazz African American artists such as Duke Ellington Bessie Smith and Lee Armstrong became the stars of the these artists perform Soulful songs about black life and clubs and gin joints this movement became so popular that it begin to break down racial barriers why did Americans flock black night clubs to hear the new music on the sensation Jazz the best example of this is New York City's Cotton Club The Cotton Club is a white only establishment even though it featured many pause popular black entertainers of the era the popularity of this club show the appreciation that white America had for African American culture the new identity and pride created by the some Renaissance gave African-Americans the confidence to go forward to begin to strive for equality for many white Americans the Harlem Renaissance was the very first opportunity to get a look inside African American culture and this is the first step towards Racial equality it made us realize the perhaps we weren't so different after all in the decades to come the super Rights Movement whilst for racial equality but the Harlem Renaissance was the first step in that Journey

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