Essential Question: Despite overt racism, how did Negro's improve life in the 1920's for themselves?
World War I:
After WWI many of the blacks living in the south migrated to northern America where treatment was better and there was more opportunity.
After WWI many of the blacks living in the south migrated to northern America where treatment was better and there was more opportunity.
Racial Consciousness:
The black people during the 1920's were very aware of the situation they were in. They still didn't have full rights and were still very segregated. Although life was improving, there was still a long way to go. Groups like the KKK reemerged and were more abundant than ever.
The black people during the 1920's were very aware of the situation they were in. They still didn't have full rights and were still very segregated. Although life was improving, there was still a long way to go. Groups like the KKK reemerged and were more abundant than ever.
The Arts Contribution and Mass Media:
In the 1920's black people focused heavily on the arts, in particular, jazz music. Jazz was a fast paced exciting type of music that was very easy to dance to. Also, there were many black artists who expressed themselves through vibrant pictures and portrayed their situations through the arts.
In the 1920's black people focused heavily on the arts, in particular, jazz music. Jazz was a fast paced exciting type of music that was very easy to dance to. Also, there were many black artists who expressed themselves through vibrant pictures and portrayed their situations through the arts.
Marcus Garvey:
Garvey was a Jamaican politician who stood for black nativsm and black rights. Garvey's greatest achievement was the creation of UNIA, "One God, One Aim, One Destiny". The goal of this group was to improve the rights of the black people.
Garvey was a Jamaican politician who stood for black nativsm and black rights. Garvey's greatest achievement was the creation of UNIA, "One God, One Aim, One Destiny". The goal of this group was to improve the rights of the black people.
APPARTS:
A: The author was Marcus Garvey. Garvey was a black leader who wanted power for the black people.
P: This was said during one of Garvey's speeches.
P: I know that blacks were slaves up until the civil war but they were still treated as unequal people in the 20's.
A: The audience was black people, instructing the people to remember their past. R: The reason of this source is to make sure that with new freedoms, black people should still remember their hardships.
T: The main idea was that as much as the blacks want to be like the whites, their roots are their roots.
S: This source is very important because it shows that African Americans must never forget about slavery. It shaped them into who they were in the 20's.
A: The author was Marcus Garvey. Garvey was a black leader who wanted power for the black people.
P: This was said during one of Garvey's speeches.
P: I know that blacks were slaves up until the civil war but they were still treated as unequal people in the 20's.
A: The audience was black people, instructing the people to remember their past. R: The reason of this source is to make sure that with new freedoms, black people should still remember their hardships.
T: The main idea was that as much as the blacks want to be like the whites, their roots are their roots.
S: This source is very important because it shows that African Americans must never forget about slavery. It shaped them into who they were in the 20's.
Thinking Like a Historian "Through Their Eyes": If I were looking at life in the 1920's as a black person, I would be happy with how things were going. Blacks were beginning to receive more freedom and life was becoming more entertaining with jazz music. Also, I would be grateful that I was no longer a slave. However, I would be scared of groups like the KKK who have no reason to hate me but would still go to extreme measures like taking my life.
Vocab:
Renaissance: A period of new growth or activity
Jazz: A type of fast paced music created in the early 20th century and embraced by many African Americans
Renaissance: A period of new growth or activity
Jazz: A type of fast paced music created in the early 20th century and embraced by many African Americans