Introduction of Harlem Renaissance

Where is Harlem?

• New York

• Chicago

• Detroit

• San Francisco

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

• A travelling basketball team

• A rebirth of African American culture in art, music, and literature

• A medieval game

• Time period of around 1210 a.d. when the games of jousting and art became popular

During which decades did the Harlem Renaissance occur?

• 1920s and 1930s

• 1900-1910

• 1940s and 1950s

• late 1800s

How did the Harlem Renaissance influence the world? Click all that apply

• it only had an impact on the immediate area of New York

• it spread from the area of Harlem to other parts of the nation

• it not only influenced African Americans, but other cultures as well

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

• False

• True

How was the Harlem Renaissance a product of the Great Migration?

• Many who migrated ended up in Harlem where they shared their talents such as art and music

• The Harlem Renaissance was not a product of the Great Migration. They have nothing in common

What is another name for this time period?

• The Jazz Age

• The Time After WWI

• The Time Before WWII

• The Time Between WWI & WWII

When African Americans began to move from the rural South to the urban North, this was called what?

• The Great Migration

• The Great Pumpkin

• The Trail of Tears

• The Great Awakening

The Harlem Renaissance helped prove that

• art includes everyone

• only African-Americans can play jazz

• African-Americans are better off when separated from other ethnic groups

• Langston Hughes is the best poet

The Harlem Renaissance was remarkable because

• African-American artists were taken seriously

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

• So many African-Americans moved to that one neighbourhood

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