Main content

Black urban life in Harlem, New York
Testimony from Frank Byrd about the life of the black urban population during the early 20th century in New York. He talks about the increase in population and describes how many black people migrated to Harlem and the renaissance in black culture, including jazz. He illustrates how black people began their independence from white people.
Duration:
This clip is from
More clips from American Voices: A History of America 1917-1941
-
Depression photographs of migrant farmers
Duration: 02:02
-
Racism in Southern America in the early 20th century
Duration: 04:13
-
What went wrong in 1920s America?
Duration: 04:56
-
The Wall Street Crash
Duration: 03:16
More clips from History
-
Surgery of the future—Medicine through Time
Duration: 04:23
-
Government attitudes to healthcare—Medicine through Time
Duration: 01:04
-
The Hitler Youth and indoctrination of the young—Nazi Germany
Duration: 04:53