Harlem Renaissance
African American Unit
Vocabulary
Behind the Raisin
ARITS
100
The author of THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
100
the period that came right after the Civil War
What is The Reconstruction?
100
to steal; take forcefully
What is to "plunder"?
100
author of "A Dream Deferred"
Who is Langston Hughes?
100
what Travis wants to do to earn 50 cents
What is bag groceries?
200
Jamaican-born author of "If We Must Die"
Who is Claude McKay?
200
the first Negro baseball team
Who are the Cuban Giants?
200
an illegal or unfair aquisition of money
What is "graft"?
200
play written by Lorraine Hansberry and inspired by "A Dream Deferred"
What is A RAISIN IN THE SUN?
200
what Beneatha is going to school to become
What is a doctor?
300
Female Harlemite famous for her sculture; her work is still displayed in the Smithsonian
Who is Augusta Savage?
300
Adolf Hitler's conviction that the 1936 Olympics in Berlin would display the superiority of the Ayrian Race was disproved by this African American who won 3 gold medals
Who was Jesse Owens?
300
dream like state
What is "reverie"?
300
sentiments found ARITS could eventually be echoed in the speeches of this famous Civil Rights Leader
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
300
the reason Walter Lee wants the money
What is to open a liquor store?
400
The three most used themes used for art and literature during the Harlem Renaissance
What are Hope, Pride and Disappointment?
400
the name Malcolm X was born with
What is Malcolm Little?
400
odd; different from the norm
What is "eccentric"?
400
city that serves as the setting for A Raisin in the Sun
Where is Chicago?
400
the COUNTRY Asagai is from
What is Nigeria?
500
The major event that contributed the most to the decline of the Harlem Renaissance
What was The Great Depression?
500
The final name of Malcolm X
What was El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz?
500
out of style
What is "outmoded"?
500
arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus just four years before the publication of A Raisin in the Sun
Who is Rosa Parks?
500
member of the Clyborne Park Association; he tries to buy the house back from the Youngers
Who is Karl Lindner?