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In between 1890 and 1920 about two million African Americans migrated from rural Southern states to Northern cities. They were hoping to find better opportunities and get rid of discrimination.
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National Association of the Advancement of Colored People is founded and W.E.B. Du Bois becomes editor of their monthly magazine.
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James Weldon Johnson's very influential novel Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man was published.
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The 369th Infantry returns home from World War 1, hightly decorated and of all African American soldiers. They returned to a Hero's welcome in Harlem.
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The first musicle revue was performed by African American's in New York called, Shuffle Along.
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The new legislation was passed by the House of Representatives.
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The Harmon Foundation holds its first annual art exhibition for African American artwork. Palmer Hayden and Hale Woodruff won top awards.
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Countee Cullen and Yolande Du Bois married and had an extravagant wedding that is one of the most memorable social events of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Harlem by Wallace Thurman opens on Broadway becoming the most successful production of the time by a black author.
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Harlem is the scene of a major riot sparked by discrimination by white-owned businesses.
