Harlem Renaissance - Yr 9

The movement not only transformed African-American ___ , but it also transformed ____ culture in general. 

The popularity of jazz helped expose the rest of the country to African-American voices. 

Blacks sought refuge in the "_________" of the North where there was much less segregation.

African American literature changed during the 1920s from imitating white writers to ____ ____.

In the early 1900s, ________became the capital of black America.

Which of the following is the best definition for a renaissance?

The ___________ was a literary movement in the 1920s with roots in this social change.

The great migration was African-Americans moving to northern cities (NY City, Chicago, and __) 

The enormous growth of ____ ______ created new job openings for blacks.

Many African-Americans wanted to avoid the racial segregation of ____ ____ laws in the South.

The new style of black literature, poetry, and music revealed and stimulated new confidence & _

Never before had so many Americans read and embraced the thoughts of African-Americans.

Jazz became a vehicle for _______ against racism and social injustice.

The migration of African Americans to NY and Chicago helped speed up the evolution of ___ music

Defined: an African-American _, _, & _ movement that flourished in NY City in the early 1900s.

The North saw its black population rise about_____ percent between 1910 and 1930.

Social change occurred when the silent minorities seized the rebellious, ___ ___ to speak up.

The Harlem Renaissance helped lay the foundation for the Civil Rights movement.

Representative authors included Langston _____, Countee Cullen, & James Weldon Johnson.