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- 8. was an American writer, civil rights activist, and once a leader of the NAACP.
- 9. African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous for his first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.
- 12. was an American poet and novelist commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
- 14. is Known as the "First Lady of Song," the "Queen of Jazz," and "Lady Ella." She was praised for her tone purity, flawless diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and "horn-like" improvisational skills, notably in scat singing.
- 15. is heralded as the “Father of the Harlem Renaissance” for his publication in 1925 of The New Negro.
- 16. was an African writer whose experiences as a slave prompted him to become involved in the British abolition movement.
- 17. Black leader who organized the first important American Black nationalist movement (1919–26).
- 19. the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World.
- 20. was the best jazz composer and bandleader of his generation... His genius for melody, as well as his command of auditory textures, rhythms, and creative forms, resulted in a corpus of work unmatched in jazz history.
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- 1. He was an educator and reformer, as well as the founder and first president of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.
- 2. was a world-renowned writer and anthropologist. Her novels, short stories, and plays often depicted African American life in the South.
- 3. a sociologist, historian, author, editor, and activist. Shared in the creation of NAACP.
- 4. any of the set of rules based on the concept that enslaved persons were property, not people.
- 5. African-American poet who became the first African-American poet to have a book of poetry published. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and carried to North America.
- 6. was an American writer who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and made the African American experience the subject of his writings, which ranged from poetry and plays to novels and newspaper columns.
- 7. He became one of the first influential Black poets in American literature and was internationally acclaimed for his dialectic verse in collections such as Majors and Minors (1895) and Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896).
- 10. The key focus was on restoring the southern states' full political involvement in the Union, ensuring former slaves' rights, and establishing new connections between African Americans and whites.
- 11. His significant accomplishments include the successful prediction of a solar eclipse, publishing his own almanac, and the surveying of Washington, D.C.
- 13. was the most influential movement in African American literary history. Embracing literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts.
- 18. white supremacist terrorism and racial riots took place in more than three dozen cities across the United States during this period.