Ch13Sec4: Harlem Renaissance

This black nationalist association was founded by Marcus Garvey.

• Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• United Nations

• Free African Movement

Among the founders of this association was W. E. B. Du Bois.

• Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• United Nations

• Free African Movement

This trumpet player's astounding sense of rhythm and ability to improvise has led many to consider him the single most important and influential musician in the history of jazz.

• Louis Armstrong

• Paul Robeson

• Claude McKay

• Langston Hughes

This jazz pianist and composer won fame as one of America's greatest composers. He wrote such pieces as "Mood Indigo" and "Sophisticated Lady."

• Duke Ellington

• Paul Robeson

• Claude McKay

• Langston Hughes

In many of her novels, books of folklore, poetry, and short stories, this writer portrayed the lives of poor, unschooled Southern African Americans.

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Bessie Smith

• Nina Simone

• Gwendolyn B. Bennett

This major dramatic actor 's performance in Shakespeare's Othello was widely acclaimed.

• Duke Ellington

• Paul Robeson

• Claude McKay

• Langston Hughes

In 1927, this singer became the highest paid black artist in the world.

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Bessie Smith

• Nina Simone

• Gwendolyn B. Bennett