The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance was the development of the Harlem neighbourhood as a black cultural mecca in ...
1. the late 18th century.
2. the mid-19th century.
3. the early 20th century.
This period is considered a golden age in ...
1. White American culture.
2. Latin American culture.
3. African American culture.
Large numbers of African Americans migrated from the South to the North. This was called ...
1. The Great Migration.
2. The Black Migration.
3. The Freedom Migration.
How many African Americans from the South moved north?
1. 100,000
2. 200,000
3. 300,000
This leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance invented jazz poetry:
1. Jessi Redmond Fausset
2. Langston Hughes
3. Charles Spurgeon Johnson
Some of the most celebrated names in American music performed in Harlem include Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington and ...
1. Louis Armstrong
2. Chubby Checker
3. Marvin Gaye
During this period, the musical style of Blacks was becoming more and more attractive to Whites.
1. Right
2. Wrong
A theme often represented during the Harlem Renaissance was the influence of the experience of ...
1. Deportation
2. Slavery
3. Emancipation
The Harlem Renaissance instilled in African Americans across the country a new spirit of ...
1. pride
2. superiority
3. revenge
The end of Harlem’s creative boom began with the ...
1. the Second World War
2. the Great Depression
3. Prohibition