The Harlem Renaissance Quiz

(check all that apply)

The Harlem Renaissance :

• Originated out of the Harlem neighborhoods in New York

• Originated out of the Deep South

• Brought about many African-American cultural influences today

• Took place in the early 16th century in Europe

• A time when African-American achievements in art, music, and literature flourished

A famous trumpet player who influenced the development of jazz.

• Duke Ellington

• Louis Armstrong

• Neil Armstrong

• Tiny Tim

T or F, Harlem Renaissance poems portrayed hardships but also resiliency for African-Americans at the time.

• True

• False

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was nicknamed _______.

• Grandma of Jazz

• Empress of the Blues

• Godmother of Rock & Roll

Duke Ellington got his name for which reason?

• He grew up idolizing "The Duke" John Wayne

• His grandfather was once the royal Duke of France

• He was always fighting with his "dukes up"

• The way he dressed with royalty-like fashion

Leader of the NAACP and a poet/song writer who wrote the famous song/poem "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

• James Weldon Johnson

• Albert B. Fall

• Martin Luther King Jr.'s brother John

• Whitney Houston

NAACP stands for _____.

• National Advancement in Acting for Colored People

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• National Academic Awards for Colored People

A leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance who was inspired by jazz music to tell of African-American hardships and resiliency.

• James Brown

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• Langston Hughes

• James Weldon Johnson

The popular music genre that boomed in the 20's as result of the Harlem Renaissance.

• Jazz

• Soul

• Gospel

• R&B

T or F, the NAACP organization is no longer in existence today.

• True

• False