Harlem Renaissance
Which book did Zora Neale Hurston write?
A) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
B) Strange Fruit
C) Their Eyes Were Watching God
C) Their Eyes Were Watching God
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Cultural explosion among African Americans
Who is the person on Takeyah's culminating piece slide?
Maya Angelou
What were Black Codes?
Rules made to make it easier to arrest and put African Americans into Legal Slavery.
How many of you were paying attention? (Everyone Answer.)
All of us. (Extra 50 points each)
Countee Cullen was known for what?
A) Writing about unjust events
B) Being the 21st president of the United States
C) Creating sculptures depicting peaceful African American life
A) Writing about unjust events
What was the period of severe violence against African Americans called?
Red Summer
What were literacy tests?
Tests made to restrict Africans from voting.
Who wrote the poem titled "Spirit Unbroken"?
Takeyah
What did A. Philip Randolph do?
A) Create a newspaper called the Messenger
B) Create sculptures depicting peaceful African American life
C) Was the first African American to vote
A) Create a newspaper called the Messenger
What are Grandfather Clauses?
Clauses (rules) that stated that a person could only vote if their grandfather voted.
In what time period did African Americans face many of their hardships?
18-1900s
A modern poet that was the Poetry Slam Champion
Elizabeth Acevado
An example of separate but equal.
Separate bus seating
Separate water fountains
Separate buildings
Separate schools
Separate doorways
What was the period where African Americans migrated to the North called?
Great Migration