Harlem Renaissance

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Across
  1. 3. This author took a giant leap with their novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God.”
  2. 4. The “New Negro Movement” found its literary voice through this magazine
  3. 6. This poet’s home was a hub for intellectual discussion. He wrote the famous lines, “I, too, sing America.”
  4. 7. Short story published by Zora Neale Hurston in 1926
  5. 9. Known as the “Empress of the Blues,” her powerful voice echoed through the streets of Harlem.
Down
  1. 1. This term refers to the mass migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North, which greatly contributed to the cultural and demographic makeup of Harlem.
  2. 2. This venue on Lenox Avenue swung to the sounds of Duke Ellington
  3. 5. This 1920s literary society in Harlem was named after the host’s street address and became a famous spot for social gatherings among African American intellectuals.
  4. 8. This Jamaican-born leader founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association here in Harlem.
  5. 10. New York neighborhood known for the rebirth of African American Arts