Poets/Singers/Actors/ Artists...
Location/Time
Important People
Terms
FUN FACTS: TRUE/FALSE
100
Name 2 poets?
Any of the following...
Romare Bearden, Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Aaron Douglas etc...
100
Which state is Harlem located in?
New York.
100
Name a significant figure during the Harlem Renaissance and explain how they were so?
I'll judge your answer lol :))
100
In response to their harsh treatment in the south, between 1910 and 1930, African-American families migrated to Northern cities in multitudes; this is referred to as The _________ ____________.
Great Migration.
100
Is Bessie Smith actually a guy....
False ;)
200
Where did Langston Hughs go to school?
Columbia University
200
Why did African Americans move to the north?
Most African Americans migrated to the north to find a better life.
200
Who were the Nicholas Brothers?
BONUS QUESTION: What were their names? (DOUBLE POINTS) Best known for their unique interpretation of a highly acrobatic technique known as...(TRIPLE POINTS)
The Nicholas Brothers were an entertainment act composed of biological brothers, FAYARD and HAROLD, who excelled in a variety of dance techniques.
"flash dancing"
200
What is "Jazz"?
Jazz is a musical form based on improvisation.
200
Was the original name of the Harlem Renaissance "The New Negro Movement"
True.
300
Jamaican writer and poet who was a seminal figure in the Harlem Renaissance who died in Chicago on May 22, 1948.
Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay
300
When did the Great Migration take place?
From 1916 to 1970.
300
Who is Marcus Garvey?
He was an African American leader who thought blacks and whites shouldn't work together and advocated for separation.
300
What was the name of the Association Garvey founded?
Universal Negro Improvement Association.
300
Did Jacob Lawrence create this painting?!!
True.
400
Who is this? (Double points if you can name her most selling book)
Her name is Zora Neale Hurston. (Their Eyes Were Watching God).
400
When did the Harlem Renaissnace begin and end?
What is the 1920's-1930's? (ish)
400
How did Garvey's movement fall?
It fell in the second half of the decade because the federal government sent Garvey to prison for mail fraud. Then they deported him to Jamacia. Without his powerful leadership, the movement lost its focus and appeal.
400
What does the term "New Negro" mean?!!
The term popularized during the Harlem Renaissance implying a more outspoken advocacy of dignity and a refusal to submit quietly to the practices and laws of Jim Crow racial segregation.
400
Two crucial events that didnt lead to the downfall of The Harlem Renaissance: The Harlem Riot of 1935 and The Great Drpression
False.
500
Who is considered the most important and influential musician in the history of jazz?!! (DOUBLE POINTS IF YOU CAN REMEBER THE BAND HE JOINED AND WHAT INSTERMUNT HE PLAYED!!!)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG :)) (Louis Armstrong joined the Creole Jazz Band and was a young trumpet player)
500
What was the Cotton Club and when was it build??
Bonus point: Who invented the Cotton Club?
Opened in 1923, Madden's goal for the Cotton Club was to provide "authentic black entertainment to a wealthy, whites-only audience." In June of 1935, the Cotton Club opened its doors to black patrons.
(Jack Johnson)
500
Who was an important founder of NAACP who led a march of 10,000 black men in NY to protest violence?
W. E. B. Du Bois
500
What are Jim Crow Laws?
What are Black codes?
(NO HALF CREDIT)
Jim Crow laws were any state or local laws that enforced or legalized racial segregation.
Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.
500
NOT A TRUE OR FALSE QUESTION...
HOW IS THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE AND MARYAM SIMLIARE??
BONUS QUESTION: How much of a rat is Beba?? (from 1-10) And who is a much bigger rat??
BOTH HAVE PROFOUND AND FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES
ANSWER TO BONUS QUESTION: <11+
JANNAH ( MY FAVORITE BIG RAT IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD ;)) ILY3 <33
aisha is jealous now...