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The Jazz Age!

The Jazz Age!. African American Culture. Learning Targets:. At the end of this lesson you will be able to… Identify Oscar DePriest, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, and Duke Ellington. Describe the Harlem Renaissance and the Cotton Club.

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The Jazz Age!

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  1. The Jazz Age! African American Culture

  2. Learning Targets: • At the end of this lesson you will be able to… • Identify Oscar DePriest, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, and Duke Ellington. • Describe the Harlem Renaissance and the Cotton Club. • Relate the activities of Marcus Garvey. • Describe the Great Migration.

  3. The Harlem Renaissance • The Great Migration of WWI was the beginning of increased populations of African Americans in Northern Cities • The Writers • Claude McKay: wrote about racism in his poetry • Langston Hughes: considered the most prolific, original, and versatile writers of the HR

  4. THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE • Jazz, Blues, and the Theater • Louis Armstrong: introduced an improvisational, early form of jazz • Duke Ellington: composer, pianist, and bandleader who played in “speakeasies” and clubs • The Cotton Club: a famous Harlem nightspot • Bessie Smith: “empress of the blues” • Blues:soulful style of music that evolved from African American spirituals • Paul Robeson: singer and actor • Josephine Baker: flamboyant singer and dancer

  5. African American Politics • The Black Vote in the North • Most voted Republican • Oscar DePriest: a group of African Americans agreed with one another to vote him into congress • The NAACP Battles Lynching • Worked mostly through public officials and the legal system • Also prevented Judge John J. Parker’s nomination to the supreme court by drawing the attention of congress to his racism

  6. African American Politics • Black Nationalism and Marcus Garvey • Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) • Rather than trying to end segregation, he worked to help African Americans gain economic and political power through education and become a separate-but-better than white society

  7. Review Questions: • Who was Oscar DePriest? • Who was Claude McKay? • Who was Langston Hughes? • Who was Louis Armstrong? • Who was Bessie Smith? • Who was Duke Ellington? • What was the Harlem Renaissance? • What was the Cotton Club? • What did Marcus Garvey do? • What was the Great Migration?

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