Art
What factor most contributed to the Harlem Renaissance?
The Great Migration
What was the Great Migration?
Movement of Blacks from the South to the North to escape Jim Crow & find better work opportunities
Name 3 prominent writers during the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes, Zora Neal Hurton, Claude McKay, Alain Locke, Countee Cullen
During the Harlem Renaissance, which form of music saw a significant rise in popularity and cultural importance?
Jazz
Who is the dancer who became famous during the Harlem Renaissance? She will also serve as an undercover agent during WWII
Josephine Baker
“The Harlem Renaissance reshaped how African Americans viewed themselves and how others viewed African American culture.”
What is a long lasting impact of this cultural event?
It helped inspire future civil rights movements and cultural pride
W.E.B. Du Bois advocated for:
Immediate civil rights and higher education
What were a 2 key themes of Harlem Renaissance art and literature?
Racial pride & idenity
Who's known as the "Empress of the Blues?"
Bessie Smith
Where were some of the most prominent, exclusive venues located where black dancers performed for white audiences in Harlem?
The Cotton Club
How did Harlem Renaissance artists express resistance?
Bu creating art to Highlighting African American experiences and identity
What organization was created by Marcus Garvey to encourage Black Nationalism and Black economic independence?
UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association)
The “New Negro” philosophy promoted:
Racial pride, self-expression, and confidence
Born in Chicago to a middle-class family; moved to Harlem in 1923 and began playing at the Cotton Club. Composer, pianist, and band leader. Most influential figures in jazz.
Duke Ellington
What musical genre served as the music for the dancing that occured during this time period?
Jazz
What is the focus of Jacob Lawrence's most famous art series?
The Great Migration
What was the purpose of the NAACP and who is one of it's co-founders?
To fight as many unjust laws through the courts and WEB Dubois
Which Harlem Renaissance figure was a famous poet who wrote, "I, Too.."
Langston Hughes
Creator of scat, from New Orleans, singer of "It's a Wonderful World"
Louis Armstrong
Who was known as the most highly paid African American entertainer of the early 20th century, famous for his stair dance routine?
BoJangles
What was Augusta Savage's primary artistic medium?
Sculpting
A. Philip Randolph is best known for:
Leading a labor union for African American workers
Who wrote The New Negro?
Alain Locke
Singer of "Strange Fruit", a song that brings awareness to the horrors of lynching
Billie Holiday
Which dance, named for a city in South Carolina, became a famous dance craze of the 1920s and is associated with the Harlem Renaissance?
The Charleston