History
The town of Harlem belongs to this delicious red city.
What is New York City?
Similarly to the White House, Toomer was born in this city
What is Washington, D.C
The Harlem Renaissance was a pivotal moment for these people.
What is Black people?
Claude McKay and Bob Marley both come from this country
This poem by Jean Toomer described a symbol of death, the grim _____
What is Reapers?
Not to be confused with a flock of birds, millions of African Americans moved to New York during this movement.
What is the Great Migration?
Just like Rihanna, Toomer's dreams were made in this city, where he wrote and published many of his books and poems
What is New York?
Poetry was often inspired by or overpowered by this musical genre.
Claude McKay was born in 1889, if he was still alive, how old would he be?
What is 133?
This poem by Claude McKay is also the name of a rock n roll band, and a country.
What is America?
Not to be confused with the astronaut or the bicyclist, this guy was a famous Jazz singer in the 1920's
Louis Armstrong
The name of Toomer's famous book of poetry can also finish this sentence: Sweet like sugar _________
What is Cane?
Similarly to the Great Gatsby, the Harlem Renaissance poetry often utilized and mocked this common theme.
Just like Joseph, Claude McKay's first job was a what?
What is a carpenter?
This poem by Jean Toomer is titled _____ Cotton Flower, our current month of the year
Its name was meant to tell others to keep quiet about these secret bars that illegally sold alcohol during prohibition
Speakeasies
Jean Toomer died in this year. The same year Vin Diesel was born, the book "The Outsiders" was published, and "The Jungle Book" hit theatres.
What is 1967?
This man played a signiciant role in defining black poetry. Hint: his last name is usually not found without a key.
Who is Alain Locke?
Claude McKay was born in this Jamaican town. It's name is a mix between a popular orange juice brand, and a Jimmy Buffet song.
What is Sunny Ville?
This poem by Claude McKay is called Harlem _____. If it was opposite day, we'd call it Harlem Sunshines
What is Shadows?