Harlem Renaissance Quiz

What was the Harlem Renaissance also known as?

• The Red Summer

• The Great Migration

• The New Negro Movement

• The Civil Rights Movement

Where did the Harlem Renaissance take place?

• Chicago

• Cleveland

• Harlem

• Los Angeles

Which artist portrayed the beauty of the Black body through sculpture?

• Richmond Barthe

• James Van der Zee

• Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

• Aaron Douglas

Who provided documentation of African American life during the Harlem Renaissance?

• Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

• Richmond Barthe

• Aaron Douglas

• James Van der Zee

Which artist used Egyptian and West African sources in their art to depict segregation and race?

• Aaron Douglas

• James Van der Zee

• Richmond Barthe

• Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

Who was the first African American woman to receive a U.S. government commission for her art?

• James Van der Zee

• Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

• Richmond Barthe

• Aaron Douglas

Which poet reflected the experiences of working-class Black people in their poetry?

• Langston Hughes

• James Weldon Johnson

• Arthur Schomburg

• Claude McKay

Who co-wrote the song 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'?

• Claude McKay

• Arthur Schomburg

• James Weldon Johnson

• Langston Hughes

Who developed one of the most significant collections of printed material about the Black Diasporic experience?

• Claude McKay

• Langston Hughes

• James Weldon Johnson

• Arthur Schomburg

Which musician is known for their song 'Strange Fruit', credited as the first protest song of the Civil Rights era?

• Bessie Smith

• Ma Rainey

• Billie Holiday

• Duke Ellington