The Arts
Leaders
General
Concepts
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)