Treatment of African-Americans in the 1920s
Many African-Americans in the 1920s had set new goals for themselves to make their lives better. There goals were basically to start new lives by basically uprooting from their homes in the south and heading north to the bigger cities. This was called the great migration and about 5.2 million of Americas 12 million moved north. Many of the African-Americans who left moved to Harlem on the west side of Manhattan Island. After the great move the Harlem suffered from overcrowding unemployment, and poverty. This later change when the Harlem renaissance happened and it was a literary and artistic movement among the African-Americans that celebrated their culture. It was more of a literary movement that was led by African-Americans that were well educated and middle class. This also started African-American music like jazz and blues. Many famous musicians occurred at this time like Louis Armstrong and Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington.
The Government started the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was there to urge African-Americans to stand up against racial violence a parade was led of almost 10,000 African-American men to stand up against violence like this. Many African-Americans still faced daily threats. Marcus Garvey from Jamaica wanted the African-Americans to start a new society where they were the top people.
Louis Armstrong-
African American Art in the 1920s-
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Good job but be sure to include personal thoughts.