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NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded, and prominent black leader W.E.B. Du Bois becomes editor of the group's monthly magazine, Crisis. -
Silent Protest Parade
Between 10,000 and 15,000 African Americans join the Silent Protest Parade, marching down Fifth Avenue in complete silence to protest violence against blacks. -
start
The start to the Harlem Renassainse -
marching
369th Regiment marched up Fifth Avenue to Harlem -
Published
The first major book of the Harlem Renaissance appears when Claude McKay's novel Harlem Shadows is published by Harcourt, Brace. -
National Urban Leage
The National Urban League establishes Opportunity magazine, which will not only publish the work of Harlem Renaissance writers and artists but will help to support them through an annual contest. -
money
Several young Harlem Renaissance writers and artists accept money and other help from wealthy patron Charlotte Mason, whom they call "Godmother." -
Crash
The stock market crashes, setting off the economic downturn known as the Great Depression. -
Employment
A number of Harlem Renaissance writers and artists find employment with the Works Project Administration, a government-sponsored program designed to put Americans back to work. -
the end
the end is near