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Table of Contents Editorial- Page.2 ❏
Ditched and Lynched - Page 3 By: Malik Maratre
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This is our home - Page 6 By: Jimmya Coleman
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Jazz changes Americans - Page 4 By: Sian Davis
Harlem Hay Day - Page 8 By: Em Stephens
Bibliography - Page 9
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Group Editorial In what ways are blacks achieving most success in the U.S. in the 1920s and in what ways are they still facing extreme hardships?
We’re tired. We’re tired of facing discrimination. We’re tired of segregation and Jim Crow laws. We’re tired of being treated as second class citizens. The mistreatment of African Americans in this decade has to end. It’s time for African American culture to be recognized and celebrated. In Harlem, New York, African Americans are finally being recognized for being black. In Harlem, Black writers, poets, authors are expressing themselves through their work and identifying what it means to be black. Harlem writers are arguing that black literature is no different than white literature. Harlem has given Americans the opportunity to see the souls of African Americans. The reality is despite what is happening in Harlem, black life is terrible. Blacks in the south cannot find jobs. White people are afraid of blacks taking their jobs so their opportunities are limited. Blacks are being forced to live in a separate society from blacks. Restrooms, restaurants, water fountains, neighborhoods, buses, schools and theaters are all examples of ways blacks have been segregated from white society. These public facilities are supposed
to be equal to facilities but that’s just simply not true. While blacks are dancing in the jazz clubs in the north, the south is quickly becoming an extremely dangerous place for blacks to live. Blacks have to constantly live in fear of lynch mobs. Lynch mobs are targeting blacks because of the color of their skin not because of some made up crime. Lynch mobs want to rid the country of all black people. This has to stop. Blacks shouldn’t have to move “Back to Africa” in order to achieve equality. People should act as if we are the same on the same level just with different expectations. We should be treated with equal rights and we should be able to go to Restrooms, restaurants, water fountains, neighborhoods, buses, schools and theaters without any problems.
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Ditched and Lynched Despite the contributions of blacks to WWI, is the south still becoming more dangerous for blacks? By: Malik Maratre Henry Johnson was an American who fought for the Harlem Hellfighters in World War I. Henry, however, didn’t fight for the United States...he fought for the French. Henry fought for France because the United States gave all the black soldiers to the French because they were not considered equal to other white soldiers. Henry Johnson fought off a whole bunch of German soldiers by himself and was recognized by the French army. However, when Henry Johnson returned to the United States, he wasn’t given a medal or even treated equally. Instead, he returned to a segregated America.
Segregation isn’t the only way blacks are being treated in the South. Increase in lynchings in the south are bad for blacks because if a black person did something the whites didn't like then the whites would come to your house kidnap and kill you. Lynchings are increasing because no one is being charged for these crimes. Despite the contributions of blacks to World War I, the south is still becoming more dangerous for blacks. The south is racist and blacks should move away to protect themselves. If they don’t move they might be killed.
African-Americans were important contributors to World War I. Harlem Hellfighters were all black and they helped in the war by providing support services during WWI. During the war, African Americans were also fighting for democracy. As the blacks came back to the USA and went back to the south there were treated poorly.They had to go back to their normal lives the where being called bad words and were segregated. This meant blacks were separated from white society. They had to drink from separate water fountains, ride in separate train cars or the back of buses. They are not being treated equal.
Henry Johnson was a World War I Harlem Hellfighter who the United States did not honor his service
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Jazz changes Americans What is this new musical form called Jazz, and how is it changing American culture? By Sian Davis
The new musical form called Jazz is something that is inspiring people to get a different heart of things and it's something people listen to, to relieve stress which all is coming from technology transforming the industry, musicians creating phonographs recordings and now people can listen on the radio or purchase a recording. Congress is passing the Volstead act in 1919 which banned alcohol and brought refuge in the Jazz clubs, soon after the Harlem cotton club became a venue for both white and blacks to listen to jazz and sneak alcohol, it's bringing so much happiness in the community.
The roaring twenties is screeching to a halt on October 29, 1929, The Birth of the mass culture created many Americans to have money to spend so they bought consumer goods such as a radio, music became popular and more worldwide that the first radio station commercial hit in 1920 and only three years later more than 500 stations are hit. Increasing the Jazz age is giving freedom to everyone different ages to dance and listen, relieve stress, just have fun which is becoming more easier to do and changing our American culture.
The Harlem Renaissance brings attention to African American art, music, literature, and poetry which is mostly centered in New York's Harlem neighborhoods. Where the great Duke Ellington frequently performs at the cotton club, he's the most influential Jazz bandleaders and composers of all, females love him and children look up ot him to become a musician.
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This Is Our Home Is the “Back-to-Africa movement” the way for blacks facing discrimination? By Jimmya Coleman
Harvey Coleman is a black man who served in WWI. Harvey recently moved to Detroit, Michigan to escape the harsh realities of the Jim Crow South. Separate drinking fountains, theaters, restaurants, schools, swimming pools and barber shops are just a few examples of how Harvey was discriminated against in the south. Harvey also couldn’t find a job.
The Back to Africa movement was led by Marcus Garvey who tried to urge American blacks to be proud of their race during 1910- the 1920’s that prompted the return of blacks living all over the world to return to Africa.
Being a Southern black was a hardship because it led to discrimination. Black soldiers returning home from WWI hoped that their military service would earn them respect and help them get a job. However, that didn’t always happen. Because of this blacks migrated North. The Great migration was when southern blacks came to northern states. They wanted to escape segregation and the Jim Crow laws of the South. Over 15,000 blacks moved North in the 1920’s. This caused the rise of ghettos, and led to overcrowded and deteriorated housing and inadequate sanitation.
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Harlem Hay Day What was the Harlem Renaissance and how did it contribute to American culture? By: Em Stephens Harlem NY, the epicenter of American culture. Neighborhoods booming with african american owned publishing houses, news papers, music companies, playhouses, night clubs, and cabarets. The Literature, music, and fashion created in Harlem defines culture and the “cool” for black and whites alike.
Popular musicians like Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Eubie Blake, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ivie Anderson, and Josephine Baker
Hundreds of thousands of thousands of african americans relocated to places like chicago, los angeles, detroit, philadelphia (of all backgrounds). Alain Locke, a harvard-educated writer, critic and teacher describes it as “spiritual coming of age” and “social disillusionment to race pride”.
Also artist like Aaron Douglas and Augusta Savage; and an extraordinary list of legendary musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Eubie Blake, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ivie Anderson, Josephine Baker, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton, and countless others.
And popular writers/poets like Zora Neale Hurston, Effie Lee Newsome, Countee Cullen
All showed what it’s like to be black in America.
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