Terms Act 1
If something is futile, it is....
useless
mutilated
What years did the Great Migration take place between?
1910-1970
I am a man around 35 years old. I have a son who is 11.
Walter
What does the term red-lining refer to?
If you do something secretly, you are doing it...
furtively
If you work to take on the characteristics of the dominant culture, you could be said to be...
assimilating
Name one reason for the start of the Great Migration
Jim Crow Laws; racism; lack of job opportunities
When I was 8 years old, my family was taunted by a mob and bricks were thrown through our windows for moving into a while neighborhood.
Lorraine Hansberry
Give an example of one simile (comparison with like or as) from the poem "Harlem"
like a raisin
like a heavy load
like a sore
like a syrupy sweet
Oppression means to exercise authority in....
an unjust way
When you are nonplussed, you are
confused or surprised
How did the North encourage the Great Migration?
By recruiting people to come north to work in factories and slaughterhouses
I am the matriarch of my family. I have two kids and a grandson
Mama
What happens to a dream deferred
If you are feeling exasperated, you are feeling...
irritated
When you are _________________, you are unwilling to believe something
incredulous
How many people moved from the South to the North during the Great Migration?
6 million
I am attractive but the stress of life is wearing on me. My husband has been annoying me lately.
Ruth
What does it mean if something is deferred?
It is put off indefinitely
A raucous crowd is a _____________ crowd
unruly; rowdy
This word means you are doing something flirtatiously
coquettishly
Name three specific examples of Jim Crow Laws
1. No playing chess or checkers or cards with mixed races
2. Separate trains, buses
3. Separate schools
4. Marriages not legal
I am a poet. I would visit Lorraine Hansberry's father and spend evenings with him and other notable figures from the Harlem Renaissance.
Duke Ellington, Jesse Owens