The Arts
Leaders
General
Concepts
Misc
100

Type of Music Described Below 

Origins: New Orleans, early 20th c. 

Known for: complex harmonies, varied song structures, lots of improvisation 

Lyrics: if present, often more focused on sound (scatting) or more joyful themes

Instruments: brass, piano, drums

Jazz 

100

This prominent African American philosopher, writer, and educator said "we must discover and reveal the beauty which prejudice and caricature have overlaid." He felt like art was a medium for African Americans to be able to express themselves and potentially create social change. 

Alain Locke


100

This concept refers to the unification of people of African ancestry around the world to join together around common goals and interests. 

Pan-Africanism

100

This author accused Zora Neale Hurston of continuing the tradition of “the minstrel technique that makes the 'white folks' laugh.” His pieces were more likely to delve into the harsh realities of racial discrimination and social injustices faced by African Americans.

Richard Wright 


200

This medium was used to record the realities of black life both in terms of recording horrific racial violence and in terms of capturing images that countered prevailing racial stereotypes. 

Photography 

200

This leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (U.N.I.A.) led the largest pan-African movement in African American history

Marcus Garvey 

200

Declining economic opportunities in Central and South American led to increased migration of Afro-Carribbeans to America where they tended to settle most in which two states? 

New York and Florida 

200

Name either of the two poets we read who wrote poems called "Heritage" about African Americans' complicated relationship with Africa. 

Gwendolyn Bennett OR Countee Cullen 

300

Type of Music Described Below: 

Origins: back to the 1800s, Mississippi Delta & Deep South

Known for: simple repetitive chords and rhythms 

Lyrics:  hardship, love, loss, resilience

Instruments: piano, harmonica, guitar

Blues 


300

This leader became the founder of what is now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH); created Negro History Week, which became Black History Month; and published many works of African American history that started with African origins through the early twentieth century.

Carter G. Woodson 

300

This piece of art is connected to what significant demographic shift? 


The Great Migration

300

This means of transportation's rise in popularity helped to facilitate the Great Migration. 

Railroads 


400

This movie's all-black cast was revolutionary at its time of release (1943) -- we have several pictures from this movie among our class resources. 

The Cabin in the Sky 

400

Considered by many to be an "accomodationist" -- this leader advocated for African American people to accept the condition of segregation and focus on learning practical vocational skills to create a sustainable and peaceful life in America. 

Booker T. Washington

400

Black nationalists movements often use a flag popularized by Marcus Garvey -- what three colors make up the flag? 

Red, Black, Green 

400

This organization was founded in New York City in 1910 as an interracial organization and assisted African Americans migrating from the rural South during the Great Migration, helping them acclimate to northern urban life and secure housing and jobs.

The National Urban League

 

500

This artist created a series about the Great Migration and also created portraits of Toussaint L'Ouveture

Jacob Lawrence

500

This leader curated a collection of photographs called Exhibit of American Negroes for the 1900 Paris Exposition which displayed more than 300 photographs of African Americans. Later in his life, he moved to Ghana and embraced Pan-Africanism. He believed in the "talented tenth" and wanted to see African Americans seek immediate and full civil rights and pursue liberal arts education in America, rather than relegate themselves to being permanent second-class citizens. 

W.E.B. DuBois

500

Writers, artists, and educators involved in this movement believed that United States schools reinforced the idea that Black people had made no meaningful cultural contributions and were thus inferior.

The Harlem Renaissance or The New Negro Movement 

Additional info to know: Leaders during this era pushed to see contributions of Black people included in standard American education. What impact does it have for these contributions to be excluded?

500

What do these three Harlem Renaissance luminaries have in common Claude McKay, Arturo Schomburg, and Marcus Garvey?

All three are early Afro-Caribbean immigrants

Claude McKay (Jamaica)

Arturo Schomburg (Puerto Rico)

Marcus Garvey (Jamaica)

 

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