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The Harlem RenaissanceThe Harlem Renaissance_____________________ American culture began to flourish in the 1920s, especially in _____________________, a subsection of Manhattan, in New York City This era of change and ____________________ is referred to as the Harlem ____________________________The Harlem Renaissance helped give a new _______________________ and dynamic to ____________________ relations in the United States Migrants Face Challenges and Experience Chances______________________ in northern cities were far ________________________ than want a ___________________________ could earn in the SouthAfrican Americans also started to experience a growing _________________________ voice in the NorthThere was a growing _________________________ and upper class of blacks in those cities However, the North still displayed plenty of _______________________________ and oppressionThey were forced to take the worst _________________________ and received the lowest wagesNew York City’s Harlem became a focal point for the ____________________________ of hundreds of thousands of blacks Garvey Calls for Racial PrideMarcus _______________________, born in _________________________, travelled widely before immigrating to the United States in 1916He observed that ___________________ were ________________________ all around the worldHe promoted the idea of universal black _______________________ and organized a “back to ________________________________” movementGarvey advocated a ___________________________________ of the races, unlike Du Bois and _______________________________________By the mid-1920s his Universal Negro _______________________________ Association had almost ___________ million members and sympathizersEventually his movement fell apart when he was _____________________ for mail fraud and ________________________________ to Jamaica The Jazz AgeThe term “__________________ ___________________” was coined by F. Scott Fitzgerald and refers to the changing culture of the 1920sHowever, _____________________ itself was created by African American ______________________________Jazz is a musical form based on __________________________, combining elements from blues, ___________________________, and European-based popular musicFirst emerged in the South, particularly ______________ _______________________, and followed African Americans north in the Great Migration Jazz Gains PopularityLouis ____________________________ became the unofficial leader of the jazz movement with his masterful playing of the __________________________ and subtle sense of improvisation_______________ _______________________ became a very popular female jazz vocalist who earned the nickname “___________________________ of the Blues”Jazz was played in ________________________________ all over the country, eventually gaining popularity all over the world Duke _____________________________ coined the term “____________________” in his hit song “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got that Swing”Jazz began to bridge the gap between the races with success from ________________ jazz musicians George ___________________________, Cole Porter, and Irving BerlinAfrican American LiteratureIn the 1920s, the term “____________ _____________________” emerged suggesting a radical break with the pastNo longer with African Americans silently _____________________ the old ways of _________________________________ and discriminationAfrican American ____________________________, essayists, ______________________, and journalists became attracted to this new _________________________ in Harlem Jean Toomer’s ____________________ (1923), a collection of short stories, poems, and sketches, set the tone for the Harlem Renaissance with its presentation of African American _____________________________________Claude ________________________, a Jamaican immigrant, became a leader in African American literature with his novels and poems which showed ordinary black Americans _________________________________ for ______________________________ and advancement Langston _________________________ was one of the most powerful voices of the Harlem RenaissanceFor Hughes, the movement was not ________________________________, but instead was a ____________________________ of African American culture and lifeHughes published more than ____________ works in which he captured the remarkable __________________________________ of everyday African American lifeZora Neale _____________________________ traveled the rural back roads for her native _______________________________, collecting folk talesHer 1937 novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, expressed the new longing for ___________________________________ felt by many women of the 1920s Lasting Impact of the Harlem RenaissanceThe Harlem Renaissance gave a ______________________ to African Americans that was never seen beforeIt altered the way many ________________________ Americans viewed African American cultureThe Harlem Renaissance ended with the national _________________________ collapse which also ended the nation’s decade of _____________________________However, the sense of __________________________ created continued to grow throughout the entirety of the 20th century, becoming the foundation of the _____________________ ______________________________ movement ................
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