The Harlem Renaissance was the name given to the culture ,Explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War 1 and the the end of the 1940's.During this period Harlem was a cultural center ,artists ,musicians ,photographers ,poets,and scholars.

1910

1912: James Wildom Johnson's novel autobiography of an ex-Colored Man was published

1917:
-Marcus Gravy born in Jamaica arrived in Harlem and Founded the Negro Improvement Association
-Between 10,000 and 15,000 African Americans joined the Silent Parade and marched down Fifth Avenue
-Politically radical publication the messenger is founded
-Two of Claude Mckay's poems are published in the white literary journal seven arts

1919

• The 369th Infantry Regiment , a highly decorated unit of entirely African-American Soldiers , returned from world war 1 to Harlem
• Jessie Redom Fauset became literary editor of Crisis
• W.E.B Du Bois organizes the PAN-African congress in Paris in Febuary
• The"Red summer of hate"raised Riots that broke out in Chicago ,Washington DC and over twenty other American Cities
• Claude Mckay published "If we must die in the Liberator Journal"

1920:
-James Weldon Johnson became head of NAACP
-Unia holds it first International Convention of the Negro people of the World at madison square garden ,New York
-Claude Mckay published Spring in New Hampshire
- W.E.B Du Bois "Darktower"was published
-Eugene O Neil's The emperor Jones opens at the Provincetown playhouse in November with black actor, Charles Gilipin in the lead role

1921:
-The black swan Phonograph Corporation is founded by Harry Pace,they produce "race records" which helped bring Jazz to a larger audience ,especially recordings of Mamie and Bessie Smith
-Langston Hughes poem "The negro speaks of rivers" is published in Crisis
-Representative L.C. Dyer of Missouri sponsors an anti-lynching bill in congress , making it a federal crime
-The first musical revenue written and performed by African-Americans , "shuffle along" by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake opened on May 22 at the David Belasco Theater on B…

1922:
-Marian Anderson performed at New Yorks town hall
-Claude Mckay's novel "Harlem shadows " was published
-Meta Warrick Fuller's sculpture Ethiopia awakening is shown in the making of america exhibition in New York
-Unia , NAACP , and Ymca march in support of congressman Dyer's federal Anti-Lyniching bill
-The harmon foundation is established to promote black fine artists
- The looston pubic library has an exhibition of African-American visual arts and literacy…

1923:
-Willis Richardson's "The chip woman" was produced by The national Ethioian art players , becoming the first drama by a black play wright to appear on brood way
-Joe"king"Oliver's creole Jazz band records with trumpet player lois armstrong,they made 37 recordings together
-Duke Ellington arrives in new York with his band,the Washington's
-Jean Toomer's novel "Cane" was published
-The cotton club ,harlem's largest and most famous cabaret opens
-Auron Douglas arrived in New York his art style became the official artist of the Harle…

1924:
-The emperor Jones opens in London, with Paul Robeson in the lead role
-Lois Armstrong joins Fletcher Henderson's orchestra ,performing at the Rose Land Ballroom
-W.E.B Du Bois "The gift of black Folk" was published

1925:
-Survey Graphic published an issue entirely about the work of Harlem Renaissance artists and writers
-The new negro anthology introduced the ideas and ideals of the Harlem renaissance
-Small's paradise nightclub opens in Harlem

1926:
-NAACP sponsored theater group, the Krigwa Players, stages three plays
-Harmon foundation first annual art exhibit of African-Americans artist's work
-The savoy Ballroom in Harlem opens

1927:
-Duke Ellington began a three year stint at the cotton club

1928:
-Claude Mckay's "Home to Harlem" was published , becoming the first bestseller by a black actor
-Aaron Douglas received a fellowship to study at the
in Pennsylvania

1929:
-Wallace Thurman's play "Harlem" opens on broadway
-Claude Mckay's "Banjo" was published

1930:
-Marc Connelly's " The green Pastures" opens on Broadway on February 26,with an all black cast
-Aaron Douglas is commissioned for a series of murals at the University of Nashville Library
-Painter Jacob Lawrence settles in Harlem with his family

1931:
-James Weldon Johnson's "Black Manhattan , a history of Harlem "was published
-The father Divine Peace Movement establishes it's presence in Harlem

1932:
-Twenty young black intellectuals travel to Russia to make a film
-Claude Mckay published "Ginger town"
-Langston Hughes publishes "The dream keeper"

1933:
-Dudley Murphy releases a film "The emperor Jones"staring Paul Robinson
-Aaron Douglas created murals for the Harlem ymca
-Claude Mckay published "Banana Bottom"

1934:
-Nancy Cunard , a British socialite , founded and edited the Negro Anthology
-The film "Harlem After Midnight" was released by Oscar Micheax
-Zora Neale Hurston's first novel, "Jonah's Gourd Vine" , was published
-The apollo Theater opens

1935:
-Miguel Covarrubios illustrated Mules and Men, by Zora Neale Hurston
-African Negro Art Exhibition is mounted at the museum of modern art

1936:
-Oscars Micheaux's film, Temptation was released
-Aaron Douglas makes a mural for the hall of negro life at the texas centennial exposition in Dallas

1937:
-Paul Roberson stars in the film ,"King Solomon's Mines"
-Their Eyes were watching god by Zora Neale Hurston is published.

1938:
-"Tell my horse "by Zora Neale Hurston was published
-Mother Horn, a Pentecostal preacher , opens her famous church in Harlem

1939:
-Zora Neale Hurston's Moses: "Man of the mountain "was published

1940:
-Langston Hughes "The big Sea" is published
-Claude Mckay published harlem : Negro metropolis

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