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- 4. A "rebirth" of European culture, art, and intellect from the 14th to 17th centuries; inspiration behind the name and concept of the Harlem Renaissance.
- 6. American-born French singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist; a seminal performer of the Harlem Renaissance who rose from poverty in St. Louis to international stardom.
- 7. A music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; is the vibrant, defining soundtrack of the 1920s-1930s Harlem Renaissance, serving as a powerful expression of Black excellence, cultural identity, and social change.
- 8. An American jazz trumpeter, cornet player, singer, and blues vocalist from New Orleans, Louisiana; revolutionizing jazz in the 1920s by shifting the focus from collective improvisation to virtuosic solo performances in the Harlem Renaissance.
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- 1. The 1920s decade in music and fashion, which is the era where the Harlem Renaissance took place.
- 2. An American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, columnist and early innovator of jazz poetry; is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
- 3. An American composer, pianist, and jazz bandleader whose career lasted over 50 years; a pivotal musical figure of the Harlem Renaissance, pioneering orchestral jazz while leading the house band at Harlem’s famous Cotton Club from 1927.
- 5. Movement of five million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States which fueled the era of the Harlem Renaissance.