Political Thought in the Harlem Renaissance: Crash Course Black American History #27

1. Large cultural shifts can not only serve as a catalyst for social and political change, but they can also spark new forms of creative and ______________________ expression.

2. There were so many incredible ______________________ artists who contributed to the Harlem Renaissance.

3. Langston Hughes was one of the most famous ______________________ of the day.

4. He strived to reflect what he thought of as the ______________________ Black experience and refused to make Black life look happier or less painful than it actually was for so many.

5. A special issue of the Survey Graphic, a social science and culture journal, was produced in 1925 to commemorate the impact of ______________________ on the American literary landscape.

6. James Weldon Johnson, a lawyer, a poet, an activist, who is best known for co-writing "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which is now known as the Black national ______________________.

7. McKay and Cullen were both cornerstones of the Harlem Renaissance ______________________ scene, but with diverging approaches.

8. The New Negro, is a manifesto and collection of ______________________ that embodied the spirit of the movement and expounded upon the importance of the Harlem Renaissance.

9. In the area of ______________________, blues and jazz revolutionized the American landscape.

10. Black Americans have made countless contributions to the ______________________, artistic, musical, and literary landscape of this country.