Chapter 20 Section 2, The Harlem Renaissance, p.654-659
Key Terms and People
*Zora Neale Hurston
*Great Migration
*Harlem Renaissance
*Marcus Garvey
*James Weldon Johnson
*Langston Hughes
*Paul Roberson
*Jazz
*Louis Armstrong
*Bessie Smith
Questions from the Reading:
1.Why do you think the Great Migration occurred when it did?
2.What problems and opportunities faced African-Americans in the post World War I era?
3.What factors led to African Americans to move to the North?
4.What was the role of the NAACP and UNIA in the growth of Harlem?
5.How was Harlem affected by the Great Migration?
6.How did W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey differ in their views about the future of African
Americans?
7.Why do you think Du Bois and Garvey were so critical of each other’s ideas?
8.What role did The Crisis play in the Harlem Renaissance?
9.Why do you think there were so few published African American writers prior to the Harlem
Renaissance?