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A mass migration of blacks went to Harlem, New York
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Early efforts of revolution began in 1919 with publishing of the Voice of Negro and Emmett Scotts Letters from Negro Migrants
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The first serious play by a black playwright that was on Broadway. It was called The Chip Woman’s Fortune by Willis Richardson
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The Ethiopian Art Theater of Chicago picked up the play and would later preform it.
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Georgia Douglas Johnson was a popular playwright.
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Louis Armstrong wrote “What did I do to be so black and blue”.
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Father of Soul
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Benny Goodman sang in a trio that encouraged racial integration in music.
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Jackie Robinson started to play for Kansas City in 1945, breaking the color barrier
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Bill Willis was the first black starter in the American Football League.
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Jackie Robinson begins playing for the Brookyln Dodgers.
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Willie Mays signed with the Trenton Giants. He was the only black player on the team.
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Earl Lloyd was the first black NBA player.
