Harlem Renaissance (Vocabulary)

a renewed interest or rebirth of something; a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity.

• renaissance

• Harlem

• Great Migration

• double consciousness

African-American writer and poet. His first piece was published in 1921 and he continued to write and publish throughout the first half of the 20th century.

• Langston Hughes

• Billie Holiday

• W. E. B. Du Bois

• Zora Neale Hurston

American writer and folklorist. Her works celebrate African-American culture. Her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God was published in 1937.

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Billie Holiday

• W. E. B. Du Bois

• Langston Hughes

the belief that one race of people is superior to others, and/or the actions or policies resulting from that belief.

• Racism

• Great Migration

• renaissance

• Harlem

a concept, coined by W.E.B. Du Bois in 1903, that describes a minority individual feeling as though their identity is divided into several parts, making it difficult or impossible to have one unified identity, because of a prejudiced society. In relation to race in the US, Du Bois said that black Americans are forced to view themselves through the eyes of a racist society.

• Harlem

• renaissance

• Great Migration

• double consciousness

American sociologist, historian and civil rights activist. In addition to his many essays and books, he was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.

• W. E. B. Du Bois

• Billie Holiday

• Zora Nora Hurston

• Langston Hughes

a section of northern Manhattan in New York City, known since the 1920s as a hub for African-American culture.

• Harlem

• double consciousness

• Great Migration

• renaissance

the relocation of millions of African-Americans from the rural south to northern and western cities in the US from 1916 to 1970. Many moved to escape southern poverty and segregationist laws following the outbreak of World War I.

• double consciousness

• Great Migration

• Harlem

• renaissance

African-American jazz and blues singer whose nickname was Lady Day. She was born in Philadelphia in 1915.

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Langston Hughes

• W. E. B. Dubois

• Billie Holiday