Harlem Renaissance

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

• A period of economic growth in Harlem

• The development of Harlem as a Black cultural mecca

• A political movement in New York City

• A series of wars in the early 20th century

Match the following leaders with their contributions during the Great Migration.

• Famous poet and social activist

• Langston Hughes

• Prominent actor and singer who was also an activist

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Leader of the Back-to-Africa movement

• Marcus Garvey

• Co-founder of the NAACP and civil rights activist

• Paul Robeson

Which novel by Jessie Redmon Fauset explored Black Americans finding a cultural identity?

• Cane

• The Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man

• There Is Confusion

• Harlem Shadows

Who is often called 'the Father of Black American Art'?

• Augusta Savage

• Meta Warrick Fuller

• James VanDerZee

• Aaron Douglas

(a)   was one of the most successful nightlife venues of the Harlem Renaissance.

• The Savoy
• Club Zanzibar
• The Cotton Club
• Connie's Inn

Who was known as the 'Empress of the Blues'?

• Bessie Smith

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Nina Yolande

• Josephine Baker

Match the following events with their descriptions:

• Movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North

• The Great Migration

• Event that led to the legal sale of alcohol again

• The Harlem Race Riot of 1935

• Event that marked the end of the Harlem Renaissance

• The stock market crash of 1929

• Violent outbreak in Harlem in 1935

• The end of Prohibition

(a)   was a famous jazz musician that performed at the Cotton Club.

• Louis Armstrong
• Cab Calloway
• Fats Waller
• Duke Ellington

Which magazine did Charles Spurgeon Johnson found and edit?

• Negro World

• Opportunity

• The Crisis

• FIRE!!

Who was the anthropologist and folklorist involved with the publication FIRE!!?

• Carl Van Vechten

• Aaron Douglas

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Langston Hughes