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Freedom for all slaves! Slavery is offically abolished.
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The Jim Crow Laws are established throughout the South. The laws legalize and encourage segregation.
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Between 1890 and 1920, over two million African Americans migrate from the rural South to the industrial North, in hopes of a better life with less discrimination
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The Apollo Theatre opens in Harlem. This theatre grew to be a symbol of black art and was a famous club for Harlem Renaissance performers.
Billie Holiday got his start here -
Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican native, arrived in Harlem and founds the United Negro Improvement Association, an organization that urges blacks to form their own nation. This call was recieved by African American artists.
The Harlem Renaissance is considered the first important movement of black artists, which transformed the social, political and cultural face of America. -
Langston Hughes publishes his first book of poetry, The Weary Blues.
Langston Hughes has become the symbol of the Harlem Renaissance. -
Maya Angelou is born. She would become the most prominent black female autobiographical writer in the history of America. She found her inspiration from Harlem Renaissance artisits.
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The Savage School of Arts and Crafts opens in Harlem.
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A riot breaks out in Harlem due to discrimation by white business owners.
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From 1955 to 1968, African Americans fight for civil rights through protests, boycotts, demonstrations, marches, speeches, and campaigns. Civil Rights legislation is passed and voting rights are restored in the South.
Many Harlem Renaissance artists found inspiration in this movement.
