Great Migration and Harlem Renaissance

One of the most famous American poets of all-time, he infused jazz and blues rhythms into much of his work.

• Duke Ellington

• Cab Calloway

• Louis Armstrong

• Langston Hughes

The artists during the Harlem Renaissance most wanted to

• document the experiences of their people

• show off their talents (dancing, singing, writing, etc)

• Go back to their ancestors' homeland

• Separate completely from the rest of America

The Harlem Renaissance was remarkable because

• it was the first time African-Americans published their art

• African-American artists were taken seriously 

• So many African-Americans moved to that one neighborhood

• That's when the first African-American won an Oscar

The artists' from the Harlem Renaissance goal was to..

• Run the white people out of the neighborhood

• publish more songs, poems, and stories than ever before

• create an expression of their dark-skinned selves

• win a national elected office

True or False: During the Great Migration, other than cities in the north, black people also settled out West in cities like Los Angeles, California, and in industrial Southern cities like Atlanta, Georgia.

• True

• False

From what southeastern states did Harlem's black citizens come from?

• Florida

• North Carolina

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Virigina

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, intellectual, and artistic movement.

• True

• False

How did the Harlem Renaissance most affect society?

• Produced great jazz music for dancing

• People started talking about race in America

• The artists had children that won major awards

• African-American artists were considered equal to European-American artists

The Harlem Renaissance refers to:

• literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture

• struggle for civil rights by the NAACP

• program to promote African-American owned businesses

• population increase in Harlem during the 1920s

Which of the following was a major factor influencing the Harlem Renaissance? 

• The Great Migration

• Collective Identity 

• Cultural Pride

• All of the above