Harlem Renaissance Test Flashcards
The Harlem Renaissance ran roughly from (blank) and was focused in Harlem, New York.
1910-1930
Renaissance means (blank)
“rebirth or revival”
The Harlem Renaissance movement included (blanks)
artists, writers, musicians, and performers
The Harlem Renaissance defines the (blank) and celebrates (blank)
defines the African American heritage and celebrates their identity as Americans
Allusions in Harlem Renaissance writing often refer to (blank)
African American spirituals
In Harlem Renaissance writing, superficial stereotypes (blank)
superficial stereotypes later revealed to be characters capable of complex moral judgement
What are the effects of the Harlem Renaissance movement?
The period gave birth to a new form of religious music called “gospel music”. Blues and Jazz started to be transmitted across America on the radios.
Zora Neal Hurston considers (blank) her home and birthplace
Eatonville
considers Eatonville her home and birthplace
Zora Neal Hurston
left home and spent the next 10 years traveling and working dead end jobs to afford to eat
Zora Neal Hurston
What did Zora do for 10 years after leaving home?
she left home and spent the next 10 years traveling and working dead-end jobs to afford to eat
She wanted her diploma so she lied about her age making herself pass as 16 and took advantage of getting an education at Howard Prep School
Zora Neal Hurston
What did Zora do to get her diploma?
she lied about her age making herself pass as 16 and took advantage of getting an education at Howard Prep School
she was the only African American at Barnard at the time
Zora Neal Hurston
Zora was the first African American to go where?
Barnard
What are Zora Neal Hurston’s famous works?
Mules and Men, Their Eyes were Watching God, Dust Tracks on a Road
Who was inspired by Zora Hurston, searched for her grave, and found it in a snake infested overgrown cemetery, later having a headstone made and placed on her grave?
Alice Walker
What does Zora’s grave say?
“Zora Neal Hurston: A Genius of the South”
What did Alice Walker do?
When she was a young author inspired by Zora Hurston, who searched for her grave, and found it in a snake infested overgrown cemetery, she had a gravestone made and placed on Hurston’s grave
Was a war correspondent in 1937 in the Spanish Civil War
Langston Hughes
What did Langston Hughes do in 1937?
he was a war correspondent in the Spanish Civil War
wrote a column for the Chicago Defender
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes wrote a column for the
Chicago Defender
What were main influences on Langston Hughes’s poems?
Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman
What were Langston Hughes’ famous works?
“A Dream Deferred”, “Let America be America Again”, “I too”, and Not Without Laughter
Main influences in his poetry were Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman
Langston Hughes
born in Jamaica
Claude McKay
Where was Claude McKay born?
in Jamaica: Festus Claudius McKay in 1889
What pseudonym did Claude McKay publish his works under?
Eli Edwards
published his works under the pseudonym Eli Edwards
Claude McKay
A large portion of Claude McKay’s works were published in this radical magazine
The Liberator
his works were published in The Liberator-a radical magazine
Claude McKay
Explored communism and even visited the Soviet Union, but then found Catholicism late in life and focused on it rather than Communism
Claude McKay
Claude McKay explored (blank) even visiting the Soviet Union, but he later found (blank) and focused on that instead
Communism; Catholicism
What are Claude McKay’s famous works?
“If We Must Die”, Home to Harlem, “Harlem Shadows”, and Amiable with Big Teeth
joined the black traveling show known as the Tennessee Ten
Florence Mills
Fell ill to tuberculosis
Florence Mills
Most associated with singing “I’m a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird”
Florence Mills
His paintings depicted images of African American life and struggles
Aaron Douglas
One of his most famous works is called “Aspects if Negro Life”
Aaron Douglas
He is known as “the father of black American art”
Aaron Douglas
He taught Latin in order to pay for his tuition for college
Paul Robeson
“Ol’ Man River” was his signature tune
Paul Robeson
Othello was one of his most famous works
Paul Robeson
In 1927, she received the Nathaniel Thayer prize
Lois Mailou Jones
She served as a cultural ambassador to Africa in 1970
Lois Mailou Jones
Her art incorporated African heritage and black American experience
Lois Mailou Jones
He started studying piano at age 7
Duke Ellington
He wrote his first song working at a soda fountain
Duke Ellington
the famous work, “Take the A Train” was composed for his band and is also his most famous tune
Duke Ellington
Eleanora Fagan is her real name
Billie Holiday
She was arrested for illegal drug use
Billie Holiday
Lester Young gave her the name Lady Day
Billie Holiday
She adopted 12 children from various countries, calling them her “Rainbow Tribe”
Josephine Baker
The show La Folie de Jour included her infamous banana skirt
Josephine Baker
During her time as a Civil Rights Activist, she participated in the March on Washington in 1963
Josephine Baker
He had four wives
Louis Armstrong
His band was first called the Hot Five
Louis Armstrong
His song “What a Wonderful World” was recorded and released in 1967
Louis Armstrong
attended Tuskegee Institute
Claude McKay
where did Claude McKay attend school in Alabama?
Tuskegee Institute
