The Harlem Renaissance
(1919-1929 Timeline)
By: Amber Johnson
US History
1-6-14
1917
•Marcus Garvey arrived in Harlem and
founded the United Negro
Improvement Association (UNIA).
•In the Silent Protest Parade, Between
10,000-15,000 African-Americans
joined.
1919
• Race riots broke out in Chicago and
many other American cities. This was
known as the “Red Summer of Hate”.
• NAACP spoke and had meetings
about lynching.
• An army made almost entirely of
African-American soldiers, returned
from World War I to Harlem.
1921
• The Black Swan Phonograph
Corporation was started by Harry
Pace. They made “race records”
which helped bring jazz to a bigger
and more diverse crowd.
• Langston Hughes’ poem “The Negro
Speaks of Rivers” was written and
published.
1923
• Countless poems and songs were
written and composed.
• Many African-Americans began to feel
more comfortable expressing their
emotions and feelings publically.
• Some of these famous AfricanAmerican Artists were Marian
Anderson, Claude McKay, James
Weldon Johnson, and many more.
1926
• The Savoy Ballroom in Harlem opened.
• Harmon Foundation first annual art
show of African-American artists’.
• Langston Hughes’ The Weary Blues is
published.l art exhibit
1929
• Wallace Thurman’s
play Harlem, opened on Broadway.
• The Negro Experimental Theater was
created.
• The Negro Art theatre was founded.