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- 2. A month of celebration of the accomplishments of Black people, their ancestors, and their culture.
- 5. a cultural and political revolution that embraced self-definition, racial pride, and artistic innovation. Rooted in the ongoing struggle for liberation and equality. Redefined Blackness as beautiful.
- 7. More than 30 urban race “riots” (aka massacres) occurred that summer as Black soldiers returned home from war.
- 11. Iconic Jazz band of the Harlem Renaissance led by Louis Armstrong.
- 12. One of the first all-Black musicals, (1943) featuring prominent Black actors, musicians, and dancers.
- 13. Universal Negro Improvement Association. Aimed to unite all Black people and maintained thousands of members in countries throughout Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa.
- 16. Invented the improvisational solo in Jazz, and scatting (vocal solos).Pioneer of jazz known for playing trumpet.
- 17. Took place in Greenwood, Oklahoma, also known as “Black Wall Street,” A Black teenager was falsely accused of assaulting a young white woman. The local papers published that the young man was to be lynched.The white crowd set fire to “Black Wall Street.” The community was completely destroyed.
- 20. one of the largest internal migrations in United States history. Six million African Americans relocated in waves from the South to the North, Midwest, and western United States from the 1910s to 1970s.
- 21. emerged in New Orleans, a revolutionary fusion of African rhythms, blues, and European musical traditions.
- 23. Refers to the affluent Black neighborhood in Tulsa that was destroyed by white supremacists in the Tulsa Race Massacre.
- 24. The act of murdering a Black person outside of the confines of the law, usually by a mob of white supremacists.
- 25. The first African American member of the United States Senate.
- 26. “Father of Black History”, the founder of Negro History Week.
- 27. has its roots in slavery. Beginning as acoustic music in the American South, a new, electric version evolved as African Americans moved north during the Great Migration.
- 28. Immigrant from Jamaica, Preached “Black is beautiful” and that Black Americans should have pride in the glory of their race. Led largest pan-African (movements with a goal of unity of Africans and the elimination of colonialism and white supremacy) movement in history as founder of the UNIA.
- 29. emerged across the United States, at HBCUs and predominantly white institutions, to support in the areas of self-improvement, educational excellence, leadership, and lifelong community service.
- 30. provided an education to the children of enslaved and free Black people in New York. The school helped prepare early Black abolitionists for leadership.
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- 1. Mixed Puerto Rican and Black historian and anticapitalist activist who preserved Black history for future generations in his archive collection.
- 3. The concept of having a victory for the US abroad at war and for Black people in citizenship and belonging at home in the US.
- 4. Black American singer and actress who portrayed positive representations of Black women on Broadway during the Harlem Renaissance.
- 6. A soldier in the Harlem Hellfighters who heroically defended his men after being shot numerous times and was denied a medal of honor by the US.
- 8. The number of Afro-Caribbean migrants who came to the US during the period of the Harlem Renaissance, greatly influencing US Black culture.
- 9. steamship company run by Marcus Garvey to repatriate African Americans to Africa.
- 10. a student choir at Fisk University, introduced the religious and musical tradition of African American spirituals to the global stage during their international tours.
- 14. A Black photographer who recast global perceptions of African Americans by further illustrating the qualities of the “new negro”. Documented Black expression, labor, leisure, study, worship, and home life, and highlighted the liberated spirit, beauty, and dignity of Black people.
- 15. Famously heroic Black soldiers in WW1 who spent the most time on the front and won the war for the US and allies.
- 18. "Father of the Harlem Renaissance," a philosopher, educator, and cultural critic who played a pivotal role in the New Negro movement. His 1925 anthology, The New Negro: An Interpretation, was a groundbreaking work.
- 19. A movement with a goal of unity of Africans and the elimination of colonialism and white supremacy.
- 22. Anthropologist, writer who documented African American culture and linguistic expression, especially through her use of Black vernacular. A key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, preserved the voices of Black Americans in works like Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937).