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Harlem Renaissance

Originally called "The New Negro Movement", it was a period during the 1920s and 1930s when African American culture, including art and literature, made great strides intellectually.

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Are the Harlem globetrotters and the Harlem ambassadors the same team?

No these are different teams. They play a very similar style of "entertainment game", even with the same style/color of ball. But different teams and no direct connection with each other.

African Americans moved north for jobs .?

Over 1.6 million African Americans moved from the rural south to the North during the Great Migration of 1910 to 1930. Another migration period occurred from 1940 to 1970 relocating about 4.5 million African Americans to the Northeast, Midwest, and West.

What is a Renaissance women?

  • Arna Bontemps, poet
  • May Miller, poet and playwright
  • Richard Bruce Nugent, poet
  • Alice Dunbar-Nelson, poet and fiction writer
  • Angelina Weld Grimke, poet and dramatist
  • Anne Spencer, poet

Why is Booker T Washington a role model?

Booker T Washington was a role model because even though he didn't have much he still managed to pull through and persevere and make something out of his self. So that shows to prove that anything is possible, and you can achieve/do anything that you put your mind to.

How long did Jim Crow last in years?

for some 150 years or so. Some people have said that they last a century but like i said they lasted about a millennium. Theres no way they just lasted 10 years and then in the 10 years tore up the nation. Just no possible way! So that's the way I see it.

How is the history of most early American people preserved?

in Egypt they would take all the organs out of the persons body. then the embalmers would put natron on the person to preserve the body. The embalmers would wrap the person with bandages and put them in their own coffin.

What makes Harlem Renaissance and Renaissance the same?

The Renaissance was the spark of the coming technology and self expression, the Harlem Renaissance was that same spart but for the black community north and south, self expression and music reflecting America at that point in time and progressing into what Black America is today

To what does the term Harlem Renaissance refer to?

It was a literary and cultural movement focused on embracing African American traditions in a modernist context.

What are some inventions made by African-Americans?

African American Inventors and Their Inventions
  • Otis Boykin - pacemaker and guided missile
  • Frederick McKinley Jones - portable refrigerator
  • Jan Ernst Matzeliger - machines that enabled mass production of shoes
  • Garrett A. Morgan - one of the first gas masks
  • Norbert Rillieux - water evaporators that aided in the sugar industry
  • Granville T. Woods - many contributions to the railroad industry

Why did the spirit of the Renaissance upset religious leaders?

it was because a monk named savonarola called lorenzo a tyrant he also spoke out against the spirit of the rennaisance he criticized the people offlorence for haying too much

What did Marcus garvey contribute to the Harlem renaissance?

Marcus Garvey was the national hero who saved of Jamaica. He lived from 1887-1940. He was also a famous publisher an journalist.

Was the most important invention of the Renaissance and allowed for major reforms in education?

There are many important inventions of the Renaissance. One of these inventions that allowed for major reforms in education was the study of structure.

What Langston Hughes poems rhyme?

lanston hughes poem a dream differed rhymes scheme is -ABCDCEFEGHI

How did the Renaissance change the thinking from the middle ages?

The renaissance was a major break though in art. the early greeks and romans were very advanced in art, but it was all destroyed and lost because of the barbarians.

in the medevail times, the cathlioc pope did not allow artist to study bodies. that is why medevail paintings are pretty bad. in the renaissace, artist did start to study dead bodies and learn more about humans. this was a major breakthrough in art and science

Where do the Harlem Globetrotters practice?

In Long Island, NY. My boyfriend is a Washington General, they practice all together (its scripted, obviously) before the season starts for about a week.

Who are major people involved in the Harlem Renaissance?

  • Jean toomer
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Langston Hughes
  • Marcus Garvey
  • James Weldon
  • Claude McKay
  • Aaron Douglas
  • James L. Allen
  • Fats Waller
  • Art Tatum
  • Duke Ellington
  • • Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver-Know to have created the ideology of the Harlem Renaissance.

    • Ella Fitzgerald-one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century.

    • Louis Armstrong- American jazz trumpeter and singer who also became well known for his scat singing; he played a major role on jazz.

    • Marcus Garvey- was a publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, Black Nationalist, Pan-Africanist, and orator

    • James Weldon Johnson- Johnson published his first book, Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man anonymously in 1912

    • Claude McKay- McKay broke the color barrier in the publishing industry with the publication of his collected works of poetry, Harlem Shadows (1922).

    • Aaron Douglas-African American painter.

    • Fats Waller- was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer.

    • Art Tatum-With an exuberant style that combined dazzling technique and sophisticated use of harmony, Art Tatum is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time

    • Hubert Harrison- "The Father of Harlem Radicalism," founded the Liberty League and The Voice, the first organization and the first newspaper of the "New Negro Movement".

What did Booker t Washington believe was the best way for blacks to improve their status in the us?

Booker T. Washington believed that Blacks should focus on economic improvement as a way to improve their status in the US. Booker T. Washington founded Tuskegee Institute.

What was not a factor that contributed to the growth of the affriacan- American population in Harlem?

"Which of the following..." and multiple choice questions don't belong on wiki answers, as there isn't enough information provided to properly answer. I will try help fill in the blanks.

Some factors that did contribute are:

A.Immigration from other parts of New York

B.Immigration from the Caribbean

C.The Great Migration

A factor that did not contribute:

D.Soldiers returning from World War I