1) Please explain the connections between the Great Migration, World War I, and the emergence of the so-called "New Negro." In particular, please explain how the Great Migration changed conditions of Black life in the urban North, and how these changes in turn shaped Black cultural production and political activism, and the very nature of American "race relations." You could focus here on the changes in Black & US popular culture during this period; labor disputes and urban riots; the work of and rivalries between Black political movements and institutions; and/or the artistic and intellectual productions of the Harlem Renaissance.

1) Please explain the connections between the Great Migration, World War I, and the emergence of the so-called "New Negro." In particular, please explain how the Great Migration changed conditions of Black life in the urban North, and how these changes in turn shaped Black cultural production and political activism, and the very nature of American "race relations." You could focus here on the changes in Black & US popular culture during this period; labor disputes and urban riots; the work of and rivalries between Black political movements and institutions; and/or the artistic and intellectual productions of the Harlem Renaissance.