Harlem Renaissance Quiz

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

• A period of social, political and cultural revolution in African-American history

• A movement to gain civil and political rights for African-Americans

• A migration of black people from the South to urban centers

• A compilation of literary work by African-American writers

What was one of the most important factors that led to the rise of the Harlem Renaissance?

• The migration of black people from the South to urban centers

• The end of the Jim Crow era

• The establishment of blues and jazz clubs in Harlem

• The compilation of literary work by Alain Locke

What was the New Negro movement?

• A movement to gain civil and political rights for African-Americans

• A compilation of literary work by African-American writers

• A period of cultural revolution in African-American history

• A migration of black people from the South to urban centers