us history chapter 4 section 8 Flashcards
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Marcus Garvey
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organized a black nationalist movement in Harlem; promoted economic and cultural independence for African Americans
2
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Jazz
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Musical form based on improvisation; developed by African Americans
3
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Louis Armstrong
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unofficial ambassador of jazz; jazz trumpeter
4
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Bessie Smith
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blues vocalist known for “Empress of the Blues”
5
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Clude McKay
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Jamaican-born poet and novelist who sought to define a distinctive black identity
6
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Langston Hughes
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influential poet and writer who used his work to communicate the black experience in the U.S.
7
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Nora Neale Hunston
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Author of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for “their eyes were watching God.”
