Art
The culture art in 1920s and 1930s mostly portray.
What is the African American Culture
One of the most famous musicians during the Harlem Renaissance who came from a poor family in New Orleans and began to perform with bands in small clubs
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Black and white men alike dressed in this clothing to give a positive statement that they were living their life and to make them look more appealing
What is suits?
What is poems, novels, plays, and short stories?
The President born in Plymouth, Vermont during the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
The years the Harlem Renaissance lasted
What is the late 1910s to 1940s
What is Jazz?
Women of the 1920s who were known for their energetic freedom, embracing a lifestyle that was considered outrageous and dangerous, and are currently considered as the first independent American women who pushed barriers in economic, political, and sexual freedom for women
What is flappers?
One of the most influential authors during the Harlem Renaissance who often wrote about racial injustice and the celebration of African American culture and spirituality in the form of poems, short stories, plays, and essays
Who is Langston Hughes?
The minority group that gained citizenship in the 1920's.
Who are the Native Americans?
The most celebrated Harlem Renaissance artist who is often called the "Father of Black American Art"
Who is Aaron Douglas?
Songwriter who wrote the song "Strange Fruit" that was considered one of the first protest songs outside of hymns and spirituals and brought attention to the horrors of lynching and targeting of black people
Who is Billy Holiday?
Dresses women wore that were much shorter than they used to be
What is flapper dresses?
What Alain Locke called the era that was later defined by historians as the Harlem Renaissance
What is "A New Negro Movement"?
The Secretary of Commerce who was sworn into presidency after Calvin Coolidge.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
The exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art in New York that presented African sculptures and artifacts as art in a modern art museum.
What is African Negro Art?
The term used by many who saw African American music, especially jazz and the blues, as defining features of the Renaissance
Dresses women wore that they would often sew themselves and add sparkling rhinestones and other decorations to
What is cocktail dresses?
Author of the great American novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" which talked about the miseries of black people and received a lot of controversy, critics claiming it was "too black"
Who was Zora Neale Hurston?
Warren Harding and Secretary Albert Fall were involved in this bribery scandal in Wyoming and California.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Event in the summer of 1919 where white veterans who served in WW1 attacked black veterans who also served which then lead to many African Americans to stand in unity as a culture
What is the Red Summer?
Song by Duke Ellington about African Americans migration to the city during the Harlem Renaissance that not only created a new cultural identity but set the roots for the Civil Rights Movement by focusing on the past and present and creating a better future for the black population.
What is "Take the A Train"?
Popular fashion designer of the Harlem Renaissance who set the trend for this era
Who is Coco Chanel?
One of the most commonly known and famous books from the Harlem Renaissance.
What is Cane by Jean Toomer
Coolidge authorized a system of locks and canals to give large ships access to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Saint Lawrence Seaway?