21-4 The Harlem Renaissance
pp. 630-635
EQ: Why were the 1920s such a crucial era in African-American history?
Subquestions:
a. What were the causes and results of the migration of so many African Americans to Northern cities in the 1900s? (be specific...follow a story that interests you!)
b. How successful were blacks in meeting economic, social or political goals in the early-to-mid 1920s?
c. Why was the anti-lynching campaign so important? What do we need to know about this movement?
d. According to our text, is there a unifying "voice" or theme to African-American literature from this time period? Explain.
Extra inspiration: your opinions:
e. What do you think of Marcus Garvey: hero? Grandstander? Did he help or hurt average African-Americans in their pursuit of increased opportunities?
f. Which writer seems most interesting to you? Why?
g. Which musicians seem most important--musically or culturally? Explain your thoughts. Include a link to their music if you can.
h. Why do you think a "flowering" of artistic and cultural expression happened at this time for African-Americans?
i. Do you think the Harlem Renaissance's effects were widespread, or were they more likely limited to the metro NY area? Explain.
Subquestion a)
ReplyDelete- 1910-1920 the great migration occured.
- African americans had left the south to escape racism, discrimination, and destruction of cotton crops.
- During the 1920', 1.5 million african americans moved to New York, Chicago, and detroit, where populations doubled. ( danzer 631)
- The northern cities didn't really welcome the african americans very well.
- There were race riots
- migrants also discovered that the open discrimination characteristic of the South was manifested, only more subtly, in the North (Blackhistory.com)
- mortgage discrimination and redlining in inner city areas limited house options for african americans.
- there were also housing shortages
- the responses by the african americans were different, the NAACP urged blacks to protest the race riots.
- James weldon johnson led the fight.
To me i see why the whites were getting mad, not because i am racist but because when you have lived in an area for a while and you have made it your home, then all out of the blue, hundreds of africans americans come and settle in. As well they are looking for jobs, and the white would have a grudge against them. On the other hand, i feel bad for the African Americans because they had to move because of economic issues. They also moved to the north to get away from the racism but right when they arrived nothing seemed to have changed.
extra e) i had to comment on this guy!! I think this guy definitely hurt african americans opportunities. How would creating a african nation help with the pursuit of American opportunities. Now the African AMericans already moved here, why would they want to move all the way back when they worked so hard to get here. Secondly how would there be more opportunity in Africa, there are way more options in America. I think that if Garvey's plan worked and they did create just an African American nation, African American equality would have been set way back.
Sources:
The americans Danzer
http://www.blackhistory.com/cgi-bin/blog.cgi?cid=54&blog_id=64166
I agree with Kirby. It sort of reminded me of "not in my backyard." I feel that although the North had always been more accepting toward the African American community, they were not living so close in proximity to them. On the other hand, it sounded like whites started to get into the new culture that the Harlem Renaissance brought. "Several songs in Shuffle Along, including 'Love Will Find a Way,' won popularity among white audiences." (Danzer 634)
ReplyDeleteI don't agree with the second part of Kirby's comment though. I believe that African Americans were very successful in meeting economic goals due to Garvey. "Through the Negro Fortunes Corporation, he set up grocery stores, laundries, millinery stores, tailor shops, and a successful newspaper called The Negro World." (Danzer 632) He also helped with social goals. He worked hard to get rid of Jim Crow laws and help pass laws against lynching. (Marcus Garvey : Biography) He even met with the KKK! "He also had talks with the Ku Klux Klan about his plans to repatriate African Americans." (Marcus Garvey : Biography)
Sources
The Americans
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAgarvey.htm
Oh god, this chapter bores me to death. no offense. but here goes.
ReplyDeleteWell I think the question "why was the anti-lynching campaign so important?" can be answered in one simple statement:
uhm...it was a movement against lynching im pretty sure that in itself shouldnt even be a movement people should have just assumed that was wrong.