Music forms created by the Harlem Renaissance
Famous Singers From The Harlem Renaissance
Famous Modern Day Singers
How the music from the Harlem Renaissance contributed to music now
Time periods
100

a form of popular music originating in the rural southern US.

What is Country?

100

has a grey cat named grey cat

who is Mr. Hudi

100

names his cats after their color

who is Mr. Hudi

100

The first piano style from the Harlem Renaissance. 

What is the Harlem stride? 

100

When did the Great Migration of African-Americans to northern cities happen?

What is before the Harlem Renaissance? 

200

a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s by African Americans and Afro-Caribbean immigrants in the Bronx, a borough of New York City.

what is hip hop

200

This "Empress of the Blues" was the most popular female blues singers of the 1930's. 

Who is Bessie Smith

200

she is able to create music with explicate lyrics due to artists from the Harlem Renaissance creating songs with explicated meanings.

Who is Sexyy Red?

200

The main music style of the Harlem Renaissance. 

What is Jazz

200

Jim Crow segregation laws of the south

What is before the Harlem Renaissance?

300

a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban Black performers in the late 1970s

what is rap

300

This African-American dancer and singer was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the Tropics. 

Who is Josephine Baker?

300

He started out ghostwriting tracks for such pop stars as Justin Bieber and Beyoncé, but soon achieved fame.

Who is Frank Ocean?

300

How did the music during the Harlem Renaissance help African Americans today? 

What gave them a sense of cultural identity.

300

The jazz of the period was marked by a swinging sound that helped to give the music a beat and rhythm that was easy to dance along to.

What is during the Harlem Renaissance? 

400

a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s

what is r&b

400

This American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainers career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death.

Who is Adelaide Hall?

400

Has received several accolades in her career, including four Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, an American Music Award, a Guild of Music Supervisors Award, and two Billboard Women in Music awards (including Woman of the Year).

Who is SZA?

400

How does music from this time help modern artists? 

Continues to inspire artists today

400

gave a voice to the experiences of African Americans.

what is after the Harlem Renaissance? 

500

a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

what is Jazz and blues?

500

This New Orleans native has gone down as one of the most famous trumpet players of all time.

Who is Louis Armstrong?

500

A now-legendary Odd Future collective with many other California rappers, producers, and personalities at the age of 16.

Who is Tyler The Creator?

500

styles the Harlem Renaissance contribute to that we still see today

What is band and swing. 

500

the Civil Rights movement began and African Americans stuck together.

what is after the Harlem Renaissance?