11/19/15

Development of the New Negro

Keywords:
RenaisanceRebirth
UNIAUniversal
Negro
Improvement
Do
Now
Association
Leave
your

homework out
on the tables.

Learning Objectives:
To identify the factors for change in
the beginning of the 20th century.
To examine the importance of Marcus
Garvey.

Did much change by 1917?

Federal

States

Groups

Individu
als

Was it any better?

Be a juror
Less lynching
Less money spent
on education
Discrimination in the
workplace

Progressive Era
This was an age of improvement and reform
beginning around 1900. The focus was on
social, and political changes.
Taft

Wilson
(Teddy)
Roosevel
t

African American experience of

WW1
Do you enjoy the
same rights as the
white people do in
America? Can you
go into a restaurant
where white people
dine? Can you get a
seat in a theatre
where white people
sit?
Is lynchinglawful
proceeding in the

Why was there racial

tension?
On July 27, 1919 a young
black boy unintentionally
floated into the white area of
the beach on a scorching hot
afternoon and was drowned
for the offense. Rioting
ensued, spurred on by the
segregation, racism, and
actions of local white gangs
that made life for blacks in
Chicago nearly unbearable.
The race riot in Chicago
lasted until August 2, 1919
when 38 people were dead,
another 537 were injured
and nearly one thousand

The Great Migration

Why move?
Where did they go?
What were the
benefits and
limitations?

Changes in Northern cities

Year
1910
1920

Total
population
465,866
993,675

Black
population
5,741
40,838

Harlem Renaissance
In the wake of the black exodus from
the South, known as the Great
Migration, the Harlem section of New
York City became home to a number
of African American intellectuals,
artists, and writers. The seminal
magazine feature "Harlem: Mecca for
the New Negro" in Survey Graphic
summarized the cultural phenomena
this way: "If The Survey reads the
signs aright, such a dramatic
flowering of a new racespirit is taking
place close at home among American
Negroes, and the stage of that new
episode is Harlem."

What is he trying to say?

The Negro must have a country,
and a nation of his own....If you
do not intend to give him equal
opportunities in yours; then it is
plan to see that you mean he
must die
Has he not contributed his best
to America? Surely all this
stands to his credit, but there will
not be enough room and the one
answer is find a place. We have
found a place, it is Africa

The role of Marcus Garvey

As you read the sheet on
Garvey, make notes under
the following headings:
Aims of UNIA
Achievements
Beliefs/Ambitions
Criticisms
Demise

What issues existed

with black-led
organisations?

Who should go?

Ida B.
Wells

Booker T.
Washingto
n

Marcus
Garvey

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