Harlem renaissance

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Across
  1. 1. a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor.
  2. 3. a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans
  3. 5. an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion.
  4. 8. an American photographer best known for his portraits of black New Yorkers. He was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
  5. 9. an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz
  6. 10. an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
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  1. 2. one of the largest movements of people in United States history
  2. 4. an American painter, illustrator and visual arts educator. He was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
  3. 6. a type of music of African American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century.
  4. 7. an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.