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Greatest jazz musician of the 1920s

Louis Armstrong

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Best known African-American painter of the Harlem Renaissance

Aaron Douglas

100

How did writing affect the Harlem Renaissance?

It protested racial injustice. 

200

How many night clubs that had a predominately white audience employed African-American jazz musicians during the late 1920s?

11 night clubs

200

Why did Aaron Douglas paint pictures set in Africa?

It addressed the social issues around race and segregation in the United States through the use of African imagery.

200

What are three kinds of patterns that repeat in any type of poetry?

words, images and ideas

300

Who is the mother of blues?

Gertrude "Ma" Rainey.

300

Jacob Lawrence believed what about his art?

He believed his paintings were “a portrait of myself, a portrait of my community.” (The community he grew up around.)

300

First major poet of the Harlem Renaissance

Claude McKay

400

What were the 2 genres of music during the Harlem Renaissance?

Blues and Jazz

400

What did the New Negro Movement encourage artist to do?

It encouraged them to seek their artistic roots in traditional African art.

400

Name five poems written by the popular Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes.

1 - The Negro Speaks of Rivers
2 - Democracy
3 - I, Too
4 - Mulatto
5 - Harlem

500

How did the music affect the Harlem Renaissance?

It allowed for Black expression. Black people were able to explore their creativity and grow in their talent.

500

Who painted this painting? Aaron Douglas or Jacob Lawrence?

Jacob Lawrence

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What kind of poetry did Claude McKay write?

He created sonnets.