Sample Instructional Activities - Movements and Debates

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Describe the context of and connections between the Négritude and Negrismo movements in the first half of the twentieth century.

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The Négritude and Negrismo movements in the early to mid-twentieth century affirmed the influence of African heritage and cultural aesthetics on many Afro-descendants throughout the African diaspora. These movements reinforced each other, and both were influenced by the New Negro movement in the United States.

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Which of the following statements is TRUE about the New Negro, Négritude, and Negrismo movements?
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They all shared an emphasis on cultural pride and political liberation of Black people, and they all envisioned Blackness or relationships to Africa in the same way.
They all shared an emphasis on cultural pride and political liberation of Black people, but they did not always envision Blackness or relationships to Africa in the same way.
They did not share any emphasis on cultural pride or political liberation of Black people.
They were not influenced by the New Negro movement in the United States.

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They all shared an emphasis on cultural pride and political liberation of Black people, but they did not always envision Blackness or relationships to Africa in the same way.

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Négritude (meaning 'Blackness' in French) was a political, cultural, and literary movement of the 1930s through 1950s that started with French-speaking Caribbean and African writers protesting ______ and the assimilation of Black people into European culture.

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colonialism

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African Americans who supported Négritude and Negrismo saw connections between these movements and their own critique of ________ and ________.

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global capitalism; racism

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What is the title of the artwork created by Loïs Mailou Jones in 1938?

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Les Fétiches

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Who is the artist of the painting titled 'Les Fétiches' created in 1938?

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Loïs Mailou Jones

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What is the title of the painting created by Wifredo Lam in 1943?

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The Jungle (La Jungla)

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Négritude emerged in which European city as a diasporic hub for African American jazz performers, artists, and intellectuals from Africa and the Caribbean?

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Paris

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Which of the following individuals was NOT mentioned as spending significant time in Paris during the Négritude movement? Josephine Baker, Claude McKay, Augusta Savage, Langston Hughes, Marcus Garvey

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Marcus Garvey

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Like the New Negro movement, Négritude and Negrismo first manifested among which group?

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Educated elites