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Dyer Bill – 1918 anti-lynching measure Nineteenth Amendment – passed in 1920, granted women the right to vote Cotton Club – Harlem’s most exclusive & fashionable nightspot in the 1920s. Featured Af-Am musicians, dancers, & waitresses. However, Af-Am were not allowed entrance as customers.
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Dyer Bill – 1918 anti-lynching measure • Nineteenth Amendment – passed in 1920, granted women the right to vote • Cotton Club – Harlem’s most exclusive & fashionable nightspot in the 1920s. Featured Af-Am musicians, dancers, & waitresses. However, Af-Am were not allowed entrance as customers
Men of Bronze • The Af-Am soldiers of the 369th regiment who were honored for their exemplary combat record in WW I • Fought alongside French & Senegalese, also called “Harlem Hell fighters”
“The Talented Tenth” • The top 10% financially & academically in the Af-Am population, the “Black Elite” • Du Bois believed the Talented Tenth had a duty to “uplift” the rest of the Af-Am population during his time
Baseball • Because Af-Am were banned from Major League Baseball (MLB), many baseball players formed the Negro National League • The NNL was formed in 1920 by Andrew “Rube” Foster • Jackie Robinson broke barriers in 1947 – signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers
