Central Themes
Key Figures
Important Works
History
Connection to Now
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What is another name for the Harlem Renaissance?
New Negro Movement
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Who were famous musicians of the period?
Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Jelly Roll Morton
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Who painted "Midsummer Night in Harlem"?
Palmer Hayden
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What led up to the New Negro Movement aka Harlem Renaissance?
The Great Migration
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What was the most prominent music in the Harlem Renaissance and modern artists now have influences from?
Jazz!
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What is Pan-Africanism?
the belief of uniting all people of African descent
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Who was the key figure that worked in "The New Negro"?
Alain Locke
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Who painted "Crucifxion" ?
Aaron Douglas
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What does the NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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List songs by Louis Armstrong
What a Wonderful World Dream a Little Dream of Me La Vie en Rose Cheek to Cheek Summertime
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What does High and Low Culture mean?
Mixing both higher class (quintessential. famous works) and lower class (popular, common works)
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What type of poetry did Langston Hughes write with?
Jazz Poetry
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Who sang "What a Wonderful World"?
Louis Armstrong
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What important amendment was passed during this time period?
19th Amendment
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What (semi) modern singers have jazz-influences in their music?
Harry Connick Jr Mary J Blige Etta James Adele Amy Whinehouse
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What was the idea of the "New Negro"?
that of ending segregation and bringing equality and freedom to them
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What journal/magazine was W. E. B. DuBois an editor?
The Crisis
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What was the important work in the powerpoint?
"I, Too" by Langston Hughes
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Who flew over the Atlantic non-stop during this time period?
Charles Lindbergh
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Is the Cotton Club still running?
Yes! Used in the Harlem Renaissance and still today
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List the Central Themes of the time period
Racial Division Duality the “New Negro” Urbanity Pan-Africanism High and Low culture in literature
500
List as many Key Figures you remember from the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes Louis Armstrong W. E. B. DuBois Wallace Thurman Zora Neale Hurston Alaine Locke
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What were some famous works?
Dreams by Langston Hughes Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson If We Must Die by Cluade McKay What a Little Moonlight can do by Billie Holiday (Lady Day) Stompin at the Savoy by Chick Webb What a wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
500
What Infantry Regiment, a highly decorated all black regiment, returns from World War 1?
369th
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What movement did the Harlem Renaissance begin to start?
Civil Rights Movement
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