Harlem Renaissance

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  1. 3. He became the most infamous gangster and peaked in 1920 during the Prohibition era.
  2. 7. Law that prohibits liqour/alcohol.
  3. 9. After the 1929 Atock Market crashed, this downward economic cycle began.
  4. 10. An American poet,social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist.
  5. 11. He was an intellectual leader in the US as a sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Leader of NAACP and the founder of "The Crisis".
  6. 12. Movement of 6 million African Americans from rural Southern USA to cities in the North and West.
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  1. 1. Name referring to the 1920s; a time of cultural change; generally refers to the arts such as writing, music, artwork, and architecture.
  2. 2. The principle of people who supported black pride and economic development and supported the idea of blacks going back to Africa instead of integrating with the white community.
  3. 4. The reapealing of the amendment that banned alcohol.
  4. 5. Duke Ellington performed at this famous Harlem night club.
  5. 6. Harlem became dominated by them by the early 1900's.
  6. 8. Marked by hundreds of deaths and higher casualties across the United States, as a result of racial riots that occurred in more than three dozen cities and one rural country.