"Harlem" Vocab Crossword puzzle

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  1. 5. An important church for black participation since the early 19th century. It moved to 138th Street in 1923 and was brought to even greater prominence by Adam Clayton Powell.
  2. 7. This main thoroughfare through the heart of Harlem is also known as Malcolm X Boulevard. It's on this street that one finds Harlem Hospital and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
  3. 8. the New York City subway "A" line that ran to Harlem, immortalized by Duke Ellington's "Take the 'A' Train."
  4. 9. theCotton Club was a popular nightclub in the thirties and forties and Minton's was known as the hangout for the jazz giants.
  5. 11. Middle class housing on 139th Street which symbolized upward mobility.
  6. 13. a theater known for its high profile acts as well as its amateur nights from which the likes of Ella Fitzgerald and others arose.
  7. 14. a major river in West Africa.
  8. 16. While Christianity is important in Harlem, there are still traces of African rituals such as Shango. Asante and Mende: Two West African peoples.
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  1. 1. Marcus Garvey (1887­1940) and Malcolm X (1925­1965) were fiery orators who preached self help for African­Americans. Malcolm's father was a follower of Garvey.
  2. 2. The "jive" artist was the equivalent of today's rapper and could often be heard talking "jive" talk on 125th Street. Jehovah's Witnesses are part of the rich religious tradition of Harlem.
  3. 3. Billie Holiday (1915­1959) was considered the greatest jazz singer America has known.
  4. 4. scholar, writer and editor of ​magazine.
  5. 6. for many of the Africans, the journey to the West began at the prison on Goree Island, off the Cape Verde peninsula, Senegal.
  6. 10. small's Paradise, a cabaret jazz club, one of the "big three," along with The Cotton Club and Minton's Playhouse.
  7. 12. the street that has come to mean the heart of Harlem."
  8. 15. at this curious thing To make a poet black, and bid him sing! Countee Cullen (1903­1946) was an outstanding poet. The Countee Cullen library is located on 136th Street off Lenox Ave.