Harlem, New York — Influx and the Harlem Renaissance (1915–1937)

1. Harlem’s Black population expands during Great Migration

   Jan 1, 1915Labels: Harlem, Great Migration

   • Harlem History

2. Silent Parade protests racial violence in New York

   Jul 28, 1917Labels: Silent Parade, New York

   • Gilder Lehrman
   • Silent Parade

3. Cotton Club becomes a major Harlem venue

   Jan 1, 1922Labels: Cotton Club, Owney Madden

   • Britannica
   • Cotton Club

4. Civic Club dinner promotes rising Harlem writers

   Mar 21, 1924Labels: Civic Club, Opportunity magazine

   • New Yorker
   • Voice Blog

5. NYPL opens Harlem Negro Division special collection

   Jan 1, 1925Labels: NYPL 135th, Negro Division

   • NYPL History
   • NYPL Archives

6. The New Negro anthology published

   Jan 1, 1925Labels: The New, Alain Locke

   • Britannica
   • The New Negro

7. Locke’s Survey Graphic issue shapes “New Negro” idea

   Mar 1, 1925Labels: Survey Graphic, Alain Locke

   • New Negro
   • LOC NAACP

8. Schomburg collection added to NYPL Harlem division

   Jan 1, 1926Labels: Schomburg Collection, Arturo Schomburg

   • NYPL History
   • NYPL Archives

9. Hughes’s The Weary Blues helps define jazz poetry

   Jan 1, 1926Labels: Langston Hughes, The Weary

   • Poets org
   • Britannica

10. Savoy Ballroom opens as an integrated dance hall

    Mar 12, 1926Labels: Savoy Ballroom, Lenox Avenue

    • Savoy Plaque
    • Savoy Ballroom

11. Home to Harlem depicts postwar Harlem nightlife

    Jan 1, 1928Labels: Home to, Claude McKay

    • Britannica
    • Home to Harlem

12. Apollo Theater reopens as a Black performance venue

    Jan 26, 1934Labels: Apollo Theater, 125th Street

    • Apollo Theater

13. Harlem race riot erupts amid Depression-era hardship

    Mar 19, 1935Labels: Harlem Riot, Great Depression

    • Britannica
    • History com

14. Harlem Renaissance closes as Depression reshapes institutions

    Jan 1, 1937Labels: Harlem Renaissance, Great Depression

    • Britannica Q A
    • Britannica