Harlem Renaissance

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  1. 2. Popular dance during this time
  2. 4. Author of ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’
  3. 5. Landmark church known for gospel music
  4. 8. what genre of music was highlighted in the Harlem Renaissance?
  5. 10. Popular poem style used by African Americans
  6. 14. what was the name of the literary magazine that helped launch the Harlem Renaissance?
  7. 16. Racial _____
  8. 18. The home of Harlem ____________.
  9. 19. Famous Harlem nightclub where Duke Ellington performed.
  10. 22. the last name of the author of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
  11. 24. Holiday The most influential jazz vocalist
  12. 25. James Weldon Johnson’s God’s ____
  13. 26. Period in the 1920s-1930s when African American culture flourished.
  14. 27. Author of ‘The Blacker the Berry’
  15. 29. A musical style often associated with hardship and struggle
  16. 30. Black __________
  17. 33. Novelist of Home to Harlem
  18. 34. why did African American's move to Harlem? ________ Opportunities.
  19. 37. another popular style for black women in the 1920s
  20. 39. Popular hairstyle for women during this time
  21. 40. Marcus Garvey’s vision: “Back to ____”
  22. 42. the Harlem Renaissance laid the groundwork for which movement?
  23. 44. Popular genre of music in black churches
  24. 46. Claude McKay’s famous poem ‘If We Must ____’
  25. 48. The ‘First Lady of Song’, Ella __________
  26. 49. Style of music that includes both blues and ragtime.
  27. 50. the first black poet to receive national recognition, Paul Laurence ______.
  28. 53. what were African Americans fighting for during the 1920s
  29. 54. another saying for the ‘Jazz age’
  30. 56. Type of piano music played in Harlem clubs
  31. 57. Harlem Renaissance art form combining words and rhythm.
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  1. 1. Poet of ‘The Negro Speaks of Rivers’
  2. 3. Harlem’s most famous theater for Black performers
  3. 5. this type of expression was central: literary, musical, or visual
  4. 6. what organization did W.E.B Debois found in.
  5. 7. A feeling of pensive sadness
  6. 9. The Harlem Renaissance showcased a variety of artistic expressions
  7. 10. Place where alcoholic drinks are bought and consumed illegally, as during prohibition.
  8. 11. Harlem Renaissance aka New _____ Movement
  9. 12. A popular swing music drummer
  10. 13. Black is _________.
  11. 15. the name of the musical that introduced the Jazz Age.
  12. 17. Famous jazz musician known for his trumpet playing and gravelly voice.
  13. 20. what instrument did Louis Armstrong play?
  14. 21. this war caused the Great Migration
  15. 23. The Harlem Renaissance gave African Americans a stronger ____
  16. 28. A place of great importance or attraction
  17. 31. Billie Holiday aka
  18. 32. First African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama
  19. 35. Important cultural publication of the time, “The ____”
  20. 36. A leader and a philosopher, W.E.B ______
  21. 38. what instrument did Coleman Hawkins play?
  22. 41. A novelist who wrote ‘Quicksand’ ______ Larsen
  23. 43. what university did Alma Thomas attend?
  24. 45. Famous Pianist during this time
  25. 47. what was the name of the Newspaper that promoted African culture.
  26. 49. Known as the ‘Empress of Blues’
  27. 51. York where is Harlem located?
  28. 52. The American ______
  29. 55. Fast-paced jazz style