Harlem Renaissance

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

• A travelling basketball team

• A rebirth of African American culture in art, music, and literature

• A medieval game

• Time period of around 1210 a.d. when the games of jousting and art became popular

During which decades did the Harlem Renaissance occur?

• 2000-2020

• 1920s and 1930s

• 1940s and 1950s

• late 1800s

Who was Louis Armstrong?

• famous African American writer

• famous African American painter

• famous African American musician

Who was Langston Hughes?

• famous African American author and poet

• famous African American musician

• famous African American artist

Who was Jacob Lawrence?

• famous African American author and poet

• famous African American musician

• famous African American artist

Who painted this "Great Migration"?

• Jacob Lawrence

• Langston Hughes

• Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong was a _______________.

• Poet

• Jazz Musician

• An Athlete

• Person

How was the Harlem Renaissance a product of the Great Migration?

• Many who migrated ended up in Harlem where they shared their talents such as art and music.
• The Harlem Renaissance was not a product of the Great Migration.  They have nothhing in common.

When African Americans began to move from the rural South to the urban North, this was called what?

• The Great Awakening
• The Great Migration
• The Great Pumpkin
• The Trail of Tears

Harlem is a neighborhood in 

• New York City
• New Orleans
• New Jersey
• Africa