1910 to 1970 - The Long-Lasting Legacy of the Great Migration
When millions of African-Americans fled the South in search of a better life, they remade the nation in ways that are still being felt In...
1910s to 1960 - Zora Neale Hurston was criticized for writing in the ‘black voice.’ Now her novels a
Zora Neale Hurston, acclaimed writer of the Harlem Renaissance, was maligned by many black leaders for writing in the colloquial voice of...
1910s - Madam C.J. Walker pioneered global black activism
Working with Marcus Garvey and others, she helped expand consciousness worldwide Madam C.J. Walker is best known as the first African...
1910s to 1930s - Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a black cultural mecca in the early 20th...
1915 - Blind Connie Williams born in south Florida (watch performance)
Blind Connie Williams, born in south Florida in 1915. A street musician who was based in Philadelphia for most of his life, Williams...
1917 - Fed up with violent discrimination, these black soldiers took to the streets of Houston for b
It was raining on the night of August 23, 1917, when a group of black soldiers took to the streets in Houston. They were there to protest...
1917 - 25 facts about Marcus Garvey
1. Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jnr was born on 17 August 1887 in St Ann's Bay, Jamaica. His parents were Malcus Mosiah Garvey Snr, a stone mason...
1918 - Harlem Hellfighters never recognized for their bravery (watch)
The Harlem Hellfighters were an African-American infantry unit in WWI who spent more time in combat than any other American unit. Despite...
1919 to 1972 - FBI monitored and critiqued African American writers for decades
Newly declassified documents from the FBI reveal how the US federal agency under J Edgar Hoover monitored the activities of dozens of...
1920s and 1930s - Fredi Washington (watch)
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