What was one way slaves passed time?
Religious music
The Harlem Renaissance was an explosion in these two things that peaked in the 1920s.
What are literature and music?
What did Jackie Robinson hope for in the future?
Equality and respect
How many years has gullah been preserved?
Around 270 years
This man invented the ‘jazz haiku’ poem.
Who was James A. Emanuel?
What section was Jesse Owens limited to in the movie theater?
The Black section of the balcony
This anthology by Alain Locke included Black literature and musical lyrics from the cultural reawakening.
What is the New Negro?
What did Jackie Robinson do when he retired?
He worked at a restaurant firm.
This was an agricultural system where workers could use landowners’ land and equipment in exchange for a large share of the harvest.
What is sharecropping?
How many people marched to Green Ville Airport on New Years Day?
5000 people