Great Migration/Harlem
Renaissance
Mr. Williams
10th Grade U.S. History
Great Migration
• Beginning in 1910 many
African Americans began
moving to Harlem from the
South
• What were the push or pull
factors of this movement?
• By 1920 about 200,000 African
Americans lived in Harlem
• Became capital of African
Culture in the United States
• Along with this move came a
great African American arts
movement in New York City
called the Harlem Renaissance
Marcus Garvey
• Universal Negro Improvement
Association or UNIA
• Promoted pride in African
Heritage without the help or
influence of Whites
• “Back to Africa”
Popularity of Movies
• 1927: The Jazz Singer is the
first movie with sound
• By end of decade, it is
estimated that 100 million
movie tickets were bought a
week, only 123 million in
people in country