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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was created.
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Marcus Garvey founded the United Negro Improvement Association
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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.
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The 369th Infantry Regiment, a highly decorated unit made up entirely of African American soldiers, returns from World War I.
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Harry Pace founds the Black Swan Phonograph Corporation and begins production of the "race records" that will help to bring jazz and blues music to a wider audience.
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The first major book of the Harlem Renaissance appears when Claude McKay's novel Harlem Shadows is published by Harcourt, Brace.
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Jean Toomer's innovative novel Cane is published and Toomer is hailed as one of the most promising young authors of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Poems by Harlem Renaissance star Countee Cullen appear in four major white publications.
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The exciting new musical form known as jazz is showcased in the "First American Jazz Concert" at Aeolian Hall in New York.
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Wallace Thurman's play Harlem opens on Broadway, becoming the most successful production of its time by a black author.