Harlem Renaissance

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  1. 2. (1887–1940) was a Jamaican-born Black nationalist, orator, and publisher who led the largest mass movement in African American history during the 1920s
  2. 5. a pivotal American poet, novelist, playwright, and social activist
  3. 6. a smooth, progressive ballroom dance originating in 1914, characterized by long, flowing, and elegant movements danced to 4/4 time music.
  4. 7. a type of music of African American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm
  5. 8. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization
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  1. 1. a premier American blues and jazz singer known as the "Empress of the Blues".
  2. 3. a legendary, historic music hall located at 253 West 125th Street in Harlem, NYC
  3. 4. the mass movement of approximately six million Black Americans from the rural Southern United States to urban areas in the North, Midwest, and West between roughly 1910 and 1970.