Arts and Literature
The capital of Black America, " The door to acceptance of Blacks was opening through the arts. As jazz music, African American fine art, and Black literature." This place was known as?
The Black Mecca
This later is known as what we know now as the Harlem Renaissance.
Coined as the "____ Age," this time period was associated with rowdy behavior, daring fashion, and new dance styles from the youth, and shocked the older population.
What is the Jazz Age?
He is one of the most well-known Jazz artists, with the song "Mood Indigo" under his composition belt, and given the title of "The Duke."
Who is Duke Ellington?
This type of music is played, written, and influencing live today.
What is Jazz?
What were Burlesque shows in the 1920s?
Originally they were plays, theater productions, etc. but as movies, and nightclubs became more popular, burlesque interests declined. As a result they became the more risque shows we know today.
What was the Apollo Theaters' first show called?
"Jazz a la Carte"
These underground buildings started when the prohibition movement banned the consumption and sale of most alcoholic beverages.
What is a Speakeasy?
Who was called the poet laureate of Harlem?
a) Langston Hughs
b) Cole Porter
c) Doris Duke
a) Langston Hughs
One of "His bittersweet poetry, such as “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” had a distinctive rhythm reminiscent of jazz tempos."
What has changed from the jazz in Harlem Renaissance, to what is played toady?
It can be played and enjoyed by ANYONE!
The Apollo, constructed in 1913, was originally a what?
An Irish music hall
This is the title of Zora Neale Hurston's masterwork, otherwise her most famous piece of literature.
What is "Their Eyes were Watching God"?
This nightclub, being one of the most famous, and luxurious white-owned, had performers who were only African American Entertainers, and performed to predominately white audiences.
What is the Cotton Club?
W.E.B. DuBois held what two jobs?
10 BONUS points if you can recall what he is the founder of?
He was a Teacher and chief editor of NAACP's magazine "Crisis"
He is also the founder of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
What compairisons can we make with the black lives matter movement of today, and all of the African American movements seen in the 1920s?
Today there is better treatment, and job opportunities, but we still experience discrimination, lower pay, and more, including the deaths of many.
What rules was the Cotton Club really strict about?
a) Performers and Audience have to be seperate
b) The only African Americans in officially allowed inside the club were performers
c) The shows were written by white artist, and the audience was all white
d) All are true
d) All are true
Name Three of the most important figures of the Harlem Renaissance era.
"Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, W.E.B. DuBois, Jessie Fauset, and Paul Robeson"
Which of these celebrities was NOT a famous jazz performer at the Cotton Club?
a) Duke Ellington
b) Bing Crosby
c) Lena Horne
d) Cab Calloway
b) Bing Crosby
Although he wasn't a jazz performer, he did frequent going to the Cotton Club.
He "was raised in Baltimore, Maryland, and attended law school, in keeping with his parent's wishes, but at night performed in nightclubs."
Who is Cab Calloway?
Fun Fact: "Trumpeter Louis Armstrong taught him to sing scat style, and eventually Calloway went on the road with a series of bands. Calloway was hired to replace Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club in 1930."
This celebrated month was "first celebrated in 1928 at the instigation of the historian Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950)." What is it called?
Black History Month, previously known as Black History Week.
What is "Jungle Alley"?
It is a strip in the area of Harlem, located on 133rd Street between Lenox and Seventh Avenues, that was densely packed with clubs.
Ex. The Cotton Club, Connie's Inn, and Small's Paradise were the most renowned.
Who wrote the quote, "If white people are pleased we are glad. If they are not, it doesn’t matter, If colored people are pleased we are glad. If they are not, their displeasure doesn’t matter either. We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.”
Langston Hughes
The Apollo Theater, which closed and reopened from campaigns against its shows, contained what type of entertainment?
a) Jazz
b) Plays and Dramas
c) Burlesque (otherwise "risky" shows)
c) Burlesque
Not only did it host burlesque shows, but it also had amateur nights with artists like Ella Fitzgerald and Pearl Bailey.
This actor's "passport was revoked in 1950 when he refused to pledge that he was not a communist."
Who is Paul Robeson?
This "critically acclaimed play written by African American playwright Lorraine Hansberry that made a highly successful Broadway debut in 1959, and was the first play written by an African-American woman to be produced on Broadway." Today we can read the book.
What is "A Raisin in the Sun"?
Name three types of performances you could see at the Apollo Theatre.
Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Rock and Roll, Soul Performers, Tap Dancers, Comedians, and Actors