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100
The Harlem Renaissance took place during these two decades.
What are the 1920s and 1930s?
100
This American composer, pianist, and jazz bandleader whose career lasted over 50 years. He led his own orchestra from 1924 until his death. He defied categorization and challenged racist stereotypes through musical expression.
Who is Duke Ellington?
100
This writer wrote a poem called "Harlem" that is commonly known as "A Dream Deferred".
Who is Langston Hughes?
100
This photographer documents daily life in Harlem through portraits as well as street scenes.
Who is James Van Der Zee?
100
This person founded a college for women that eventually because a full liberal arts HBCU.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
100
This famous club featured some of the top Black musicians, singers and dancers of the time but were not allowed in the all white audience.
What is "The Cotton Club"?
200
The Harlem Renaissance set out to prove what to the rest of the world?
What is Black Excellence or Pride and Dignity?
200
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This musician nicknamed “Satchmo” or “Pops”, was an American jazz trumpeter, cornet player, singer, and blues vocalist from New Orleans, Louisiana. His career spanned five decades and multiple eras of jazz, and he's considered one of the genre's most influential figures.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
200
This writer is famous for celebrating Southern Black culture with strong female characters such as "Their Eyes Were Watching God".
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
200
This artist focused heavily on The Great Migration, then thousands of African Americans left the south for opportunities up north.
Who is Jacob Lawrence?
200
This person wrote a book called "The New Negro" and is considered the father of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Alain Locke?
200
This popular entertainment venue also hosted some of the biggest acts of the time to an integrated audience.
What is the Savoy Ballroom?
300
Popular dresses that were shorter and fancy often including beads, feathers and/or lace.
What are "flapper dresses"?
300
This artist was an American jazz singer, songwriter and bandleader. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era. Well known for his hit song "Minnie the Moocher".
Who is Cab Calloway?
300
Author of Cane, a groundbreaking work blending poetry, prose, and drama to depict Black life in the South and North.
Who is Jean Toomer?
300
This artist explored African and Caribbean themes
Who is Lois Mailou Jones?
300
This person believed that giving African Americans a fancy education was not practical because they wouldn't be able to use it to support their families. Instead he felt African Americans should receive an education in agriculture or a trade.
Who is Booker T Washington?
300
This popular dance involved flips, jumps, and lifting female partners into the air.
What is the Lindy Hop?
400
Men's suits that were loose and roomy that were popular during the Harlem Renaissance often worn with a pocket watch.
What is a Zoot Suit?
400
This American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One", and the "Queen of Bebop", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Awards. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989
Who is Sarah Vaughn?
400
“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them."
Who is James Baldwin?
400
This artist is known as the "Father of Black American Art" and blended silhouettes and geometric shapes depicting Black history and culture.
Who is Aaron Douglas?
400
This political leader felt that the "best and brightest" or the "Talented Tenth" should represent the culture in order for Black Americans to be seen as intelligent and sophisticated.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
400
These brothers were famous for the precision and complexity of their tap dance performances.
Who are the Nicholas Brothers?
500
Many artists from the Harlem Renaissance moved to this city because they were more appreciated.
What is Paris?
500
This jazz singer also known as "Lady Day" was most famous for her song "Strange Fruit" about the lynching of Black people in the American south.
Who is Billie Holiday?
500
This author wrote novels that addressed discrimination and violence against African Americans. Some of his works were Native Son and Black Boy.
Who is Richard Wright?
500
Leading sculptor and educator that worked with young artists like Jacob Lawrence.
Who is Augusta Savage?
500
This political leader believed that Black Americans would never be accepted or achieve equality in the United State so they should return to Africa as their homeland.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
500
This dancer/ choreographer is one of the founders of modern dance and legitimized black forms of dance throughout the diaspora.
Who is Katherine Dunham?