The Harlem Renaissance

2. - national association for the advancement of colored people
5. - poetry writer, wrote the "harlem shadows" in 1922
7. - what the harlem renaissance fought against, discrimination against "different" people (mostly african americans)
9. - soulful style of music from african american origin
12. - where african americans traveled to the north
13. - where jazz music was played while people drank illegally during prohibitation
14. - composer, bandleader, and pianist; also had a special sound, a blend of improvisation and orchestration using different combinations of instruments
15. - a writer, a leading voice of the african american experience in america
17. - the universal negro improvement association, founded my garvey
18. - received wide acclaim for his performance as eugene o’neill’s in emperor jones, gained fame four years later for his work in show boat, often appeared at the apollo theater
20. - nationalist and leader of the pan-africanism movement
21. - wrote some of the first major stories featuring african american women as central characters

1. - author, educator, from 1895-1915, the united states' most famous african american
3. - a center of jazz in europe
4. - the name of the renaissance
6. - president in 1927, used garvey’s immigrant status to have him deported to jamaica
8. - a famous nightclub in harlem
10. - introduced jazz in 1917
11. - symbolized soul, known as the empress of the blues
16. - the first musical written, produced, and performed by african americans, made its broadway debut in 1921
19. - a musical style influenced by dixieland and ragtime, with syncopated rhythms and improvisational elements