This is a parade in Harlem. They were promoting the term "New Negro", most of the parades were lead by Marcus Garvey.
Harlem Renascance
Harlem at this time was known as the Negro capital of the world, because African
Americans were moving to the north from the south for economic and cultural
prosperity. As the population grew and urbanized in Harlem literacy rates also
became higher.
Now African Americans stood up from the harsh treatment and discrimination. In 1923, New
York City’s black population was 183,428, two-thirds of that was in Harlem. At
this time life in Harlem was booming, and activities were also. Two things to
do were extremely popular, church and night clubs. Most night clubs in Harlem
played jazz or the blues, which was a strong identity of the African American
Culture, and it soon spread to the white’s also. This rooted America’s culture.
There were also many influential movements that were going on at this time.
Marcus Garvey a Jamaican immigrant came to America to spread his ideas. He
travelled all around the world and came to the conclusion that everywhere,
blacks were exploited. Garvey spread the idea that there should be a separation
of races; he called for black pride and black support, black run businesses. He
had almost 2.5 million members join his movement and join the Universal Negro
Improvement Association. Garveys movement died off in the second half of the
decade, and also when the government deported him for mail fraud.
This is the Cotton Club. Dance and music clubs became very popular during the 1920's. The cotton club was in Harlem and was one of the most popular clubs during the 20's.