HARLEM RENAISSANCE CHAPTER 13
PERIOD FROM 1920-1929 CHARACTERIZED BY WEST AFRICAN RHYTHMS,
AFRICAN AMERICAN WORK SONGS, AND EUROPEAN
HARMONIES._____________________________.
RENAISSANCESUBURB OF NEW YORK CITY COMPRISED OF MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS
WRITERS, MUSICIANS, ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS.
WHAT WERE THE ORIGINS OF JAZZ? HOW DID JAZZ DIFFER FROM
TRADITIONAL KINDS OF MUSIC?
LIST AND EXPLAIN AS MANY AS FIVE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT AFRICAN
AMERICANS MADE TO AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE 1920’S
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NAME 4 OF THE EARLIEST AFRICAN AMERICAN JAZZ SINGERS
1.
3.
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4.
NAME ONE JAZZ SINGER TODAY.
LIST THE INSTRUMENTS THAT WERE A PART OF A JAZZ BAND AND
EXPLAIN EACH? (MAY HAVE TO USE A DICTIONARY)
MOST OF THE MUSICIANS OF THE 1920’S REJOICED IN ARTISTIC FREEDOM.
WHAT TWO AREAS DID THE WRITERS FOCUS ON?
THIS POET REMINDED AFRICAN AMERICANS OF THEIR HERITAGE?
JAMAICAN BORN MAN THAT URGED AFRICAN AMERICANS TO RETURN TO
AFRICA __________________________.
LIST THREE BELIEFS OF MARCUS GARVEY AND LIST THE NAME OF HIS
NEWSPAPER.
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LIST TWO POETS THAT WROTE ABOUT BLACK PRIDE IN THE 1920’S.
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PLEASE READ THE EXCERPT ON PAGE 350 (WHITE BOOK) AND EXPLAIN
ITS MEANING AND LIST THE WRITER
LIST ME TWO SCHOLARS OF THE 1920’S AND EXPLAIN THEIR
CONTRIBUTION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE.
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