AKAdemy : Harlem Renaissance/Black Arts Movement

Harlem is a neighborhood in 

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

The Harlem Renaissance was remarkable because

• it was the first time African-Americans published their art
• African-American artists were taken seriously 
• So many African-Americans moved to that one neighborhood
• That's when the first African-American won an Oscar

The Harlem Renaissance helped prove that

• art includes everyone
• only African-Americans can play jazz
• African-Americans are better off when separated from other ethnic groups
• Langston Hughes is the best poet

The Harlem Renaissance refers to:

• A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture
• A struggle for civil rights by the NAACP
• A program to promote African-American owned businesses
• A population increase in Harlem during the 1920s

The Harlem Renaissance took place during what decade? 

• 1860's
• 1880's
• 1900's
• 1920's

Who is considered the father of the Black Arts Movement

• James Baldwin

• Amiri Baraka

• Nikki Giovanni

• Langston Hughes

The sorority chose to focus on The Arts because:

• the community needs to know about the harlem renaissance and black arts movement

• need for an emphasis of exposing the community to arts enrichment and culture.

True or False: There are Black Owned Businesses in Columbia, SC that support the Arts.

• True

• False

Who is the Supreme Basileus that saw a need for an emphasis of exposing the community to arts enrichment and culture?

• Norma Solomon White

• Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover

• Danette Anthony Reed

• Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson