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100
The Harlem renaissance is famous for its...
What are artists, music, poets, writers, entertainers and culture?
100
Painted The Banjo Lesson
What is Henry Ossawa Tanner
100
"I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind And did He stoop to quibble could tell why The little buried mole continues blind, Why flesh that mirrors Him must some day die,"
What is Yet Do I Marvel?
100
Claude McKay, best known for his novel Home to Harlem, was born in this country south of Mexico.
What is Jamaica?
100
This movement helped lay the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement.
What is The Harlem Renaissance?
200
What state is Harlem in?
What is New York?
200
He painted Jeunesse
Who is Palmer Hayden?
200
“I am the darker brother"
What is I, Too, Sing America
200
Who wrote "Enslaved?"
Who is Claude McKay?
200
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 _________ ____________.
What is The Great Migration?
300
The reason people came to Harlem
What are jobs and better opportunities?
300
Famous photographer of the Harlem Renaissance?
Who is James Van Der Zee?
300
I wrote the poem "A dream deferred."
Who is Langston Hughes?
300
Who said, "One ever feels his two-ness—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled stirrings: two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder?
Who is Dubois?
300
The four-letter acronym for the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization, created just before the start of the Harlem-Renaissance.
What is The N.A.A.C.P.?
400
The Harlem Renaissance was in the years.. 2001-2004 1610-1630 1910-1930
What is 1910-1930?
400
Name a famous Artist during the Harlem Renaissance? (not already mentioned)
Who are Joe Smith and Romare Bearden ?
400
The name of the Poet Laureate of Harlem?
Who is Langston Hughes?
400
One of Hughes' poems talks in metaphor about African Americans being kept in society's back room. Name this poem!
What is I,, Too, Sing America
400
Two crucial events lead to the downfall of The Harlem Renaissance: The Harlem Riot of 1935 and The _________ _______________.
What is The Great Depression?
500
The event that greatly impacted the end of the Harlem Renaissance...
What is The Great Depression?
500
Name a writer, a musician, and an artist of the Harlem Renaissance.
What is : answers vary
500
"Love is like the sea... it's a moving thing..."
What is "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston?
500
Name three HR writers
What is - answers vary
500
Time period it occurred.
What is the 1920's-1930's?