This week’s unit examined the Great Migration and some of the major race riots that materialized from 1910-1945. In 1919, the United States witnessed Red Summer, which was the deadliest summer in American history with 26 urban race riots tied to resentment over black migration. Please select one of the cities that we highlighted in our Red Summer coverage and in 2-4 sentences, offer your thoughts on what happened in that city.
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This weeks lecture surveyed the Harlem Renaissance, which was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York. The Harlem Renaissance was one of the greatest byproducts of the Great Migration. The illumination of black culture in the areas of music, the visual arts and literature attracted many Negrotarians. Negrotarians was the label given (by Zora Neale Hurston) to white people, who spent a lot of time in Harlem enjoying black culture. In 2-4 sentences, please share your thoughts on the Negrotarians and their presence in Harlem during the 1920s and 30s.
