Harlem Renaissance

What is the definiton of the Harlem Renaissance?

• The Harlem Renaissance is a cultural movement for African Americans in the early 1900s with music and literature.

• An African cultural movement with dancing and civil rights movement.

• It was in New York City.

• With Black and Whites being seperated.

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What was the central focus of the Harlem Renaissance?

• The term "Renaissance" translates to "rebirth," signifying the renewal of Black cultural expression during this period.

• empowerment, racism, embracing their selves, stereotypes

• I don't know

• The renaissance talks about black cultural and sterotypes

Who was a leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance and known for his poetry and essays on African American culture?

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Langston Hughes

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. Du Bois

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Who was Claude Mckay

• A poet whose work often reflected the struggles and aspirations of Black Americans.

• A worker in the late 1930s

• helped clean and work in a store

• she was a money maker

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themes of the harlem renaissance

• the influence of slavery, Black identity, community, and the everyday experience of Black people

• jazz

• black people movement

• black identity

who was Zora Neale Hurston

• An author and anthropologist whose writings explored the complexities of Black identity and culture. 

• black lives matter

• Known for incorporating jazz and blues rhythms into his work, published the poem “A Dream Deferred.”

• was a significant cultural movement that took place in the 1920s and 1930s, primarily in Harlem, New York City.

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who is TuPac Shakur

•  an American poet, rapper, and actor. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time.

• A poet whose work often reflected the struggles and aspirations of Black Americans.

• An author and anthropologist whose writings explored the complexities of Black identity and culture. 

• Known for incorporating jazz and blues rhythms into his work, published the poem “A Dream Deferred.”

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