Harlem Renaissance
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- 3. He became the most infamous gangster and peaked in 1920 during the Prohibition era.
- 7. Law that prohibits liqour/alcohol.
- 9. After the 1929 Atock Market crashed, this downward economic cycle began.
- 10. An American poet,social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist.
- 11. He was an intellectual leader in the US as a sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Leader of NAACP and the founder of "The Crisis".
- 12. Movement of 6 million African Americans from rural Southern USA to cities in the North and West.
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- 1. Name referring to the 1920s; a time of cultural change; generally refers to the arts such as writing, music, artwork, and architecture.
- 2. The principle of people who supported black pride and economic development and supported the idea of blacks going back to Africa instead of integrating with the white community.
- 4. The reapealing of the amendment that banned alcohol.
- 5. Duke Ellington performed at this famous Harlem night club.
- 6. Harlem became dominated by them by the early 1900's.
- 8. Marked by hundreds of deaths and higher casualties across the United States, as a result of racial riots that occurred in more than three dozen cities and one rural country.