Harlem Renaissance

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  1. 2. founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).
  2. 8. a period of rich cross-disciplinary artistic and cultural activity among African Americans between the end of World War I (1917) and the onset of the Great Depression and lead up to World War II (the 1930s).
  3. 9. Harlem's premier nightclub in the 1920s and 1930s during the Prohibition Era.
  4. 10. Armstrong an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz.
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  1. 1. an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
  2. 3. an American athlete. He is best remembered for his performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he won gold medals in the long jump, the 100- and 200-metre dashes, and the 4 x 100-metre relay. He was the first American track and field athlete to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
  3. 4. a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced to big band music.
  4. 5. American boxer who was the first African American to become heavyweight champion
  5. 6. a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W.
  6. 7. a branch of an international movement founded in 1914 that stressed black pride, racial unity of AFRICAN AMERICANS, and the need to redeem Africa from white rule.