Harlem renaissance
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- 1. a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor.
- 3. a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans
- 5. an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion.
- 8. an American photographer best known for his portraits of black New Yorkers. He was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
- 9. an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz
- 10. an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
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- 2. one of the largest movements of people in United States history
- 4. an American painter, illustrator and visual arts educator. He was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
- 6. a type of music of African American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century.
- 7. an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.