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  1. 3. as the "Father of African American History," he created Negro History Week
  2. 4. legend nicknamed "Satchmo," famed for his trumpet and gravelly voice
  3. 5. African American elected to Congress post-Reconstruction, representing Chicago.
  4. 8. Renaissance poet who asked, "What is Africa to me?" in "Heritage"
  5. 9. Cotton Club star whose orchestra defined the jazz age
  6. 10. and author who brought black American folklore to life in Their Eyes Were Watching God
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  1. 1. of the "Negro National Anthem," this NAACP leader was also a poet
  2. 2. 1921, he broke barriers as the first African American elected to New Jersey's State Assembly
  3. 6. poet who declared, "If we must die, let it not be like hogs."
  4. 7. Scholar who celebrated the Harlem Renaissance in The New Negro