HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Where did the Harlem Renaissance take place?

• Harlem, New York

• New Orleans, Louisiana

• Charleston, South Carolina

• Northwest

During the 1920s, black musicians invented a new type of music called _______ in the city of ___________

• Blues, Harlem

• Jazz, Harlem

• Blues, New Orleans

• Jazz, New Orleans

Great Migration

• was the movement of African-Americans out of the South to the North, Midwest and West

• Period when alcohol was illegal

• Time of creativity among African-American artists, writers, and musicians

Harlem Renaissance

• was the movement of African-Americans out of the South to the North, Midwest and West

• Period when alcohol was illegal

• Time of creativity among African-American artists, writers, and musicians

Prohibition

• was the movement of African-Americans out of the South to the North, Midwest and West

• Period when alcohol was illegal

• Time of creativity among African-American artists, writers, and musicians

Bessie Smith

• A jazz musician, trumpet player, and scat singer

• Painter who detailed the experiences of the Great Migration

• A jazz composer, band leader, and piano player

• Poet and author who wrote about African American culture

• "Empress of the Blues"

Jacob Lawrence

• A jazz musician, trumpet player, and scat singer

• Painter who detailed the experiences of the Great Migration

• A jazz composer, band leader, and piano player

• Poet and author who wrote about African American culture

• "Empress of the Blues"

Louis Armstrong

• A jazz musician, trumpet player, and scat singer

• Painter who detailed the experiences of the Great Migration

• A jazz composer, band leader, and piano player

• Poet and author who wrote about African American culture

• "Empress of the Blues"

Langston Hughes

• A jazz musician, trumpet player, and scat singer

• Painter who detailed the experiences of the Great Migration

• A jazz composer, band leader, and piano player

• Poet and author who wrote about African American culture

• "Empress of the Blues"

Duke Ellington

• A jazz musician, trumpet player, and scat singer

• Painter who detailed the experiences of the Great Migration

• A jazz composer, band leader, and piano player

• Poet and author who wrote about African American culture

• "Empress of the Blues"