Topic 4, Lesson 2: How significant was the role of Marcus Garvey?

Topic 4, Lesson 2: How significant was the role of Marcus Garvey?

Marcus Garvey & The Universal Improvement Negro Association (UNIA)

• What does UNIA stand for?

• When was the first branch of the UNIA organised?

• Who organised the first branch of the UNIA?

• By 1919, how many branches did the UNIA have?

• By 1919, how many members did the UNIA have?

• How did the UNIA differ from other Civil Right organisations in America at the time?

  • Aims

  • Ideology

  • Geographical Focus

  • Tactics

  • Organisations

  • Membership

UNIA stands for the Universal Improvement Negro Association

Marcus Garvey organised the first branch of the UNIA in June 1917.

The UNIA was extremely popular and by 1919 had over 2 million members and 30 branches.

Topic 4, Lesson 2: How significant was the role of Marcus Garvey?

The Great Migration

• What was the Great Migration?

• What stimulated the Great Migration?

• How many people were involved?

• Where did people move to and from?

• When did the Great Migration occur?

The Great Migration was the movement of six million African Americans out of rural Southern United States to the urban, Northeast, Mid-west and West between 1910 and 1970.

The Great Migration was stimulated by both the Jim Crow Laws and World War One.

Topic 4, Lesson 2: How significant was the role of Marcus Garvey?

The Harlem Renaissance

• Which group of people were involved in the Harlem Renaissance?

• Where is Harlem?

• Which decades did the Harlem Renaissance take place in?

• Which industries benefitted from the Harlem Renaissance?

• Give an example of some musicians who emerged due to the Harlem Renaissance.

The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theatre, politics and scholarship centred in Harlem (Manhattan, New York City). The Renaissance spanned the 1920s and 1930s.

Jazz music emerged from the Black Ghetto that was Harlem. Musicians such as Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong emerged thanks to the Harlem Renaissance.

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