Harlem Renaissance Basics
What identity did the Harlem Renaissance celebrate?
African American identity
What war helped spark the Great Migration?
World War 1
What identity did the Harlem Renaissance celebrate?
African American identity
What type of music was important during the Harlem Renaissance?
Jazz
Name one major Harlem Renaissance writer from the presentation
Langston Hughes, Zora Hurston, Claude McKay, W.E.B. Du Bois, Jean Toomer, or James Weldon Johnson
What stereotypes did the movement challenge?
Racist stereotypes
African Americans moved from the rural South to what area?
The urban North
What stereotypes did the movement challenge?
Racist stereotypes
Where was jazz born, according to the presentation?
New Orleans
Who wrote “If We Must Die”?
Claude McKay
Name one key theme of the movement.
Racial pride, heritage, urban experiences, or determination to change
What did the Great Migration help cause in Harlem?
A cultural explosion
Name one key theme of the movement.
Racial pride, heritage, urban experiences, or determination to change
Jazz was created to express what experience?
The African American experience
What book did Jean Toomer write in 1923?
Cane
What music styles were blended into Harlem Renaissance culture?
Jazz and the blues
The Harlem Renaissance helped lead toward which major future movement?
The Civil Rights Movement
What music styles were blended into Harlem Renaissance culture?
Jazz and the blues
Jazz served as a vehicle for integration and what else?
Personal freedom
Who helped found the NAACP and started The Crisis?
W.E.B. Du Bois
What did the movement believe African Americans could create by blending their values and culture?
A new mix of literature, jazz, and blues
Name one law the presentation says the movement eventually helped lead toward.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 or the Voting Rights Act of 1965
What did the movement believe African Americans could create by blending their values and culture?
A new mix of literature, jazz, and blues
What kind of poetry did Langston Hughes create from jazz influence?
Jazz poetry
What Langston Hughes poem is shown in the presentation?
“I, Too”