African American Culture

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Across
  1. 1. a judge who was a racist and antilabor
  2. 5. Most famous nightclub in harlem
  3. 7. became fascinated with American culture
  4. 8. a musical style influenced by Dixieland and ragtime
  5. 11. Main City where Harlem Renaissance happened.
  6. 12. became a center for jazz in Europe
  7. 13. to represent, express, or identify by a symbol
  8. 14. the first musical written
  9. 15. Composer, pianist, and bandleader
  10. 16. became known as the Empress of the Blues
  11. 17. founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association
  12. 18. battled hard against segregation and discrimination against African Americans
Down
  1. 2. often appeared at the famous Apollo Theater in Harlem.
  2. 3. leading voice of the African American experience in America
  3. 4. first African American representative in Congress from a Northern state.
  4. 6. Uprising of African American Arts
  5. 9. wrote major stories featuring African American women as central characters
  6. 10. New Orleans native / moved to Chicago in 1922
  7. 16. soulful style of music that evolved from African American spirituals.
  8. 17. movement of blacks "migrating" to new york