The Great Migration
What is the Great Migration?
When upwards of 5 million African Americans left the oppression of the South to the freedom of the North
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
A period of cultural, social and intellectual rebirth of African Americans mostly based in Harlem NY
What is an indigenous African American musical form that was an expression of African American pain?
Blues music
Name one fact about Langston Hughes?
African American poet
Leader of the Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance poet who celebrated being African American and gay
True or False: Even though Romare Bearden grew up during and painted after the Harlem Renaissance his art explored themes similar to it like the history of African Americans progress
True
What was a push factor of the Great Migration?
Jim Crow laws, racism, sharecropping, lack of economic opportunities, KKK
Where was Marcus Garvey originally from?
Jamaica
What is a musical form that was inspired by other influences like West African music but also inspired ones like rap? It is also a musical form that expressed African American joy?
Jazz music
What is the tone to describe Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise"?
Confident, strong, assertive, positive, powerful message to haters.
What historical event did Jacob Lawrence draw inspiration from?
The Great Migration
What were 2 pull factors of the Great Migration?
More freedom, More Economic opportunities, friends and family that already moved to the North
Why did Marcus Garvey believe that black and white people should not be together?
Because he travelled a lot and saw racism everywhere. He thought AA could only be their best if they lived away from whites
What is the theme of Louis Armstrong’s “What a wonderful world”?
There are many things to be grateful for, even though the world is not perfect
What do Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes both use in their poems to emphasize/highlight a point they were trying to make?
Repetition
What is one fact about Rob Gibb's art or person?
He is a Roxbury native, a celebrated muralist and a painter who follows in the tradition of the HR in that he celebrates black life.
Why was sharecropping bad?
Because white landowners controlled the prices and the tools, so charged black farmers too much rent. It increased poverty
What is a political and cultural movement that emphasis self determination, empowerment and the distinct identity of Black people?
What is Black Nationalism?
What is the theme of Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”?
Lynching of black people was so common that it became as common as fruit on a tree
What is the theme of "Black Boy" by Richard Wright?
A boy overcoming bullies with his mother's tough love.
Or
You need to stand up for yourself to make progress
What is one of the two common themes of Harlem Renaissance ART?
Celebration of culture/progress/history or highlighting oppression