The Harlem Renaissance and The Jazz Age

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Across
  1. 2. This woman founded her own teaching studio where she enrolled black artists to learn art.
  2. 10. A composer known for making classical songs with hints of popular jazz.
  3. 11. An African American painter who made art pieces that became a sign of the Harlem Renaissance.
  4. 12. An American novelist who wrote The Great Gatsby
  5. 13. A section of NYC known for its jazz clubs and lively night scene
  6. 16. An anthropologist and folklorist, this woman was one of the publishers of the African American magazine FIRE!!
  7. 17. A bandleader known as the king of jazz
  8. 19. By 1920, about 300,000 African Americans moved from the south to the north in the _________.
  9. 20. A jazz musician famous for playing the trumpet and bringing jazz outside of New Orleans, he moved to Chicago to spread his talent.
  10. 21. An African American Socialist who graduated from Harvard
  11. 22. Won two awards for his novel the old man and the sea
  12. 23. This nightclub in Harlem was where African Americans performed, one of whom was Duke Ellington.
Down
  1. 1. This trumpeter was nicknamed “Satchmo” and his recordings played on radio stations all over America.
  2. 3. Black musicals soon moved to Broadway, in which _______ found a career.
  3. 4. As a pianist and composer, this man was the bandleader at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
  4. 5. A city on the Mississippi known for the birth of jazz
  5. 6. A person who lives outside their home country is a ____
  6. 7. A way of broadcasting audio through machines
  7. 8. Earning the title of Empress of the Blues, this woman sang for mixed audiences and influenced Armstrong’s music.
  8. 9. A street of theaters that show plays and musicals in midtown Manhattan
  9. 11. A singer known for jazz and having a racist aspect in modern day
  10. 14. A black activist known for founding the UNIA(Universal Negro Improvement Association)
  11. 15. He was a Prohibition era crime boss known for his violence and ruthlessness.
  12. 18. This American poet was one of the most influential writers during the Harlem Renaissance.