Harlem Crosswords

1. This writer became a leading voice of the African American experience and was known for his poetry.
6. A dynamic leader from Jamaica who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association
7. This New York City neighborhood became the center of the Harlem Renaissance.
10. This event in 1919 saw 1,300 African American veterans march through Manhattan to Harlem.
11. The famous Harlem nightclub where Duke Ellington performed.
12. The first important writer of the Harlem Renaissance, author of "Harlem Shadows."
13. This organization worked to end segregation and discrimination against African Americans
14. This city became a center for jazz in Europe after World War I.

2. The first musical written, produced, and performed by African Americans, which debuted on Broadway in 1921.
3. Music style that uses improvisation, popular in the 1920s.
4. This Harlem-based cultural movement emphasized racial pride and artistic expression.
5. Langston Hughes was famous for his poetry, which often captured the lives of the ___ American community.
8. Zora Neale Hurston wrote stories about African American women as central characters, contributing to this.
9. Oscar DePriest was the first African American representative from this state.