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- 3. Movement of artistic production and expression. Took place after World War 1 and lasted into the mid 1930s. It United diverse art forms with their realistic presentation of what it meant to be black in America.
- 4. American music marked by lively rhythms with unusual accents and often by melodies made up by musicians as they play.
- 8. Classified as more along the lines of literature, including poetry and prose.
- 10. Was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his jazz orchestra. He popularized Big Band style Jazz music in the United States.
- 12. Organization that Combated racial discrimination and segregation through the democratic process.
- 13. Espouses the belief that black people are a race, and seeks to develop and maintain a black racial and national identity.
- 14. When millions of African Americans moved from the American South to run away from violence and look for economic opportunities.
- 15. Use voices to express their highs, lows, challenges, and victories.
- 16. She was known as the “Empress of Blues.”
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- 1. Works that are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, painting or sculpture.
- 2. Was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the UNIA. He believed that African Americans should take it upon themselves to go back to Africa to set their own nation state and create Black Nationalism.
- 5. A neighborhood in New York that became a destination for African Americans of all backgrounds.
- 6. Was an African-American sculptor. The focus of his artistic work was portraying the diversity and beauty of the black body.
- 7. Was an American poet and social activist. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called Jazz Poetry. He wrote the poem titled “Harlem”
- 9. Combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression.
- 11. Organization founded by Marcus Garvey that promoted issues like voting registration, healthcare, and education.