Key Figures
He published The New Negro in 1925.
Who is Alain Locke?
The term “New Negro” refers to this kind of African American.
What is a modern African American embracing pride, culture, and self-definition?
This movement of African Americans from the South helped populate Harlem.
→ What is the Great Migration?
The lasting legacy of the Harlem Renaissance is continued interest in this.
→ What is the expression of Black American culture?
This poet wrote works included in The New Negro and is pictured in the article.
Who is Countee Cullen?
“Negative depictions” in the text refer to these.
What are harmful stereotypes and caricatures?
Harlem was originally settled by this European group.
→ Who were the Dutch?
True or False: The Harlem Renaissance ended segregation in New York.
→ What is False?
Known as “The Father of Harlem,” he began renting properties to Black tenants in 1904.
Who is Philip A. Payton?
Harlem is described as this type of center.
What is a cultural and literary center?
This era in American history is described as “roaring.”
→ What are the 1920s or "Roaring Twenties?"
This type of music brought many people to Harlem in the 1920s.
→ What is jazz?
This scholar urged artists to “See Beauty in Black.”
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
“Negro Metropolis” means this.
What is a major urban center for Black life and institutions?
This banned alcohol and led to speakeasies, illegal bars and clubs, in Harlem.
→ What is Prohibition?
Harlem in the 1920s was both a symbol of pride and a place of this for outsiders.
→ What is entertainment or fantasy?
He painted The Prodigal Son and The Creation, featured in the article.
Who is Aaron Douglas?
African art was seen as a source of this for artists.
What is inspiration (creative influence and ideas)?
The Harlem Renaissance is described as this type of “rebirth.”
→ What is a rebirth of African American cultural identity and artistic expression?
Artists looked to African art for inspiration to connect with this.
→ What is a shared heritage distinct from white American culture?