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Harlem Renaissance Puzzle
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NewNegroMovement : Alternate name for the Harlem Renaissance
New : ___ negro was important and influential to society
Old : ___ negro was unintelligent and was not part of society
LangstonHughes : Wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
American : Culture forced upon African Americans
Mississippi : Southern river Langston Hughes wrote about
ITooSingAmerica : Poem written by Langston Hughes proclaiming what him and all African Americans are capable of doing
Creole : Free, mixed children that lived in New Orleans
5000 : Up to _____ Africans were brought on slave ships to America 1830s through 1850s
Ragtime : Developed from blues and various European Music
ScottJoplin : 1st African American to become a famous celebrity performer
2000000 : _______ Africans moved North during the rise of jazz
CabCalloway : African American jazz singer known for famous song "Minnie the Moocher" he played at the Cotton Club
BessieSmith : 1st blues singer to be recorded
Speakeasy : Secret clubs where black and white people drank and danced
DukeEllington : Created dance pieces and music that broke out of typical jazz roles at the Cotton Club
CottonClub : Harlem night club of 142nd Street
LyndyHop : Popular, original dance from Harlem that portrayed improve and feelings to jazz
RentParty : Occasion where tenants hired live music and raised money in a hat to pay rent
Jazz : Fusion of African and European music
Harlem Renaissance Puzzle
Across:3. | Poem written by Langston Hughes proclaiming what him and all African Americans are capable of doing | 4. | Alternate name for the Harlem Renaissance | 6. | African American jazz singer known for famous song "Minnie the Moocher" he played at the Cotton Club | 11. | Secret clubs where black and white people drank and danced | 12. | Harlem night club of 142nd Street | 14. | Culture forced upon African Americans | 15. | Developed from blues and various European Music | 16. | 1st African American to become a famous celebrity performer |
| | Down:1. | Wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" | 2. | Occasion where tenants hired live music and raised money in a hat to pay rent | 5. | Southern river Langston Hughes wrote about | 7. | Popular, original dance from Harlem that portrayed improve and feelings to jazz | 8. | Free, mixed children that lived in New Orleans | 9. | ___ negro was important and influential to society | 10. | Created dance pieces and music that broke out of typical jazz roles at the Cotton Club | 13. | Fusion of African and European music | 17. | ___ negro was unintelligent and was not part of society |
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Harlem Renaissance Puzzle
Across:3. | Poem written by Langston Hughes proclaiming what him and all African Americans are capable of doing | 4. | Alternate name for the Harlem Renaissance | 6. | African American jazz singer known for famous song "Minnie the Moocher" he played at the Cotton Club | 11. | Secret clubs where black and white people drank and danced | 12. | Harlem night club of 142nd Street | 14. | Culture forced upon African Americans | 15. | Developed from blues and various European Music | 16. | 1st African American to become a famous celebrity performer |
| | Down:1. | Wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" | 2. | Occasion where tenants hired live music and raised money in a hat to pay rent | 5. | Southern river Langston Hughes wrote about | 7. | Popular, original dance from Harlem that portrayed improve and feelings to jazz | 8. | Free, mixed children that lived in New Orleans | 9. | ___ negro was important and influential to society | 10. | Created dance pieces and music that broke out of typical jazz roles at the Cotton Club | 13. | Fusion of African and European music | 17. | ___ negro was unintelligent and was not part of society |
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