Harlem Renaissance: 1920s
- The 1920s was decade that was characterized by extreme creativity displayed in the various art forms by Blacks specifically in Harlem.
- The NAACP was established during the Harlem Rennaissance
- Most blacks wanted to go to New York.
- Blacks felt migrating to North
- No artform was safe from African Americans during this period; Blacks made their mark in music, dance, painting, and literature.
- Harlem became the place of interest for Black cultural and political organizations.
- Socialist groups tried to recruit Blacks.
- The creativity of Blacks during this time period was in response to social conditions.
- Blacks were proud of what they created; it was done with a sense of confidence, purpose, and achievement.
- Within the Harlem Renaissance, a new movement of was spurred: Negritude.
- Negritude deals with an innately different appreciation of Black beauty.
- The Crisis, a newspaper, hired a Black editor, Jessie Fausset, who also published 4 books.
- Race riots inspired the publication of "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay.
- "American Negro Poetry" focused on the works of young Negro writers.
- The inclusion of works of literature by Whites was a controversial topic.
- Countee Cullen's "Color" depicted a conservative way to express his feelings about race issues.
- Interracial parties helped to break down barriers.
- One of the most important events of this period is the "Three Plays for a Negro Theater".
- The landmark case of Plessy vs. Ferguson endorsed separation in transportation.