Result of the migration of African Americans from the country to cities such as Harlem, NY.
What event contributed to the Harlem Renaissance movement?
100
Rita Dove, Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes, and Countee Cullen chose this genre of writing.
Who expressed themselves using poetry?
100
This famous African American jazz singer sang about her difficult childhood being raped at age 10 a prostitute from ages 12-17, and her experiences of racial discrimination.
Who is Billie Holiday?
100
Demographical study, Democracy, Pandemic
What are words using the greek root dem?
100
actions that are implied
What is tacitly?
200
These artistic genres affirmed the role of African American talent in mainstream American culture.
What role did Jazz + Blues music, autobiographies, painters, poetry, and novels have during the Harlem Renaissance?
200
Zora Neale Hurston and James Baldwin chose to use this genre to describe their personal expriences as African Americans.
Why did Hurston and Baldwin write their autobiographies?
200
This African American blues singer also had a short career in film, ¨St. Louis Blues¨, where she showed the hardships of African American women.
Who is Bessie Smith?
200
Catalogue, Dialogue, Monologue
What are words using the suffix -logue?
200
when a person´s actions are done for cruel amusement
What is dissipation?
300
African Americans today are able to express themselves artistically.
What was the long term impact of the Harlem Renaissance?
300
Alice Walker wrote this essay to explore the secrets of African American women´s creative spirit.
Why did Walker write ¨In Search of Our Mother´s Gardens¨?
300
This African American painter lived in Paris, France to escape racial discrimination.
Who is Palmer Hayden?
300
Communism, Colonialism, Criticism
What are words using the suffix -ism?
300
feelings of disappointment, frustration, or anger
What is chagrined?
400
This group of people wrote music, poetry, autobiographies, and novels about their experience as a minority that was doubly oppressed as a black _____.
What role did African American women have during the Harlem Renaissance?
400
An author may use these literary devices to emphasize their theme or engage the reader.
Why does an author utilize alliteration, assonance, figures of speech (simile, metaphor, imagery), or repetition?
400
This painter used depth to portay his vision of the African experience.
Who is Aaron Douglas?
400
Empathy, Sympathy, Pathetic
What are words using the greek root -path-?
400
hidden, secretive, or stolen
What is furtiveness?
500
As a result of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920´s this movement was able to provide more rights to African Americans in the 1960´s.
How did the Civil Rights Movement result from the Harlem Renaissance?
500
Choosing formal words and descriptive details improves a writer´s ______.
How does a writer improve their voice?
500
Racism and discrimination, racial pride, identity, and segregation are common _______ artists would discuss.
What are common themes that artists would discuss?