1890
Between 1890 and 1920, about two million African Americans migrate from the rural southern states to the northern cities, where they hope to find better opportunities and less discrimination.

1910
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded, and prominent black leader W.E.B. Du Bois becomes editor of the group's monthly magazine, Crisis.

1912
James Weldon Johnson's influential novel Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is published.

1917
Jamaican-born Marcus Garvey arrives in Harlem and founds the United Negro Improvement Association, an organization that urges blacks to unite and form their own nation.


W.E.B. Du Bois

James Weldon Johnson


Between 10,000 and 15,000 African Americans join the Silent Protest Parade, marching down Fifth Avenue in complete silence to protest violence against blacks.

1917
The politically radical black publication The Messenger is founded.

1917
Two of Claude McKay's poems are......

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