Harlem Renaissance

What type of music was popularized during the Harlem Renaissance?

• Jazz
• Folk

• Country
• Rock

The Great Migration was the movement of millions of African Americans from the rural ______ to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from about 1916 to 1970.

• South

• East

• West

• North

One of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry, poetry that "demonstrates jazz-like rhythm." Significant works include "I, Too," "Let America be America Again."

• Langston Hughes
• Duke Ellington

• Aaron Douglas

• W. E. B. Du Bois

A French word meaning “rebirth”

• Coherence

• Renaissance

• Dialect

• Rabâcher

Where is Harlem?

• New York

• Chicago

• Detroit

• San Francisco

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

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

What led up to the Harlem Renaissance?

• The Civil War

• World War II

• The American Revolution

• World War I

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.

Harlem is a neighborhood in 

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