African American Lit Unit One
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What are the time Periods of African American Literature | Slave Narrative, Post Slavery Era, Harlem Renaissance and Civil Rights Era and Present Day Era |
| What African American authors wrote during the Slave Narrative Era | Phyliss Wheately, Thomas Hill, Booker T Washington, WEB Dubois and Marcus Garvey |
| What were the importan points of the Slave Narrative Era | Tales of religious redemption, Tales to inspire the abolitionist struggle,Tales of progress |
| The earliest African American Writing, such as slave narrative genre had a strong traditoin of incroporateing | oral poetry |
| Where is the African American Community in New York City | Harlem |
| What was Harlem's existance | Flowering of social thought and culture |
| Who was the classic work of the renaissance | Artists, Musicians and writers |
| When was the Harlem Renaissance | 1920-1940 |
| What city did the Harlem Renaissance take place in | New York City |
| What was the Harlem Renaissance Best Known for | The Literature |
| What did Langston Hughes write | Negro speaks of rivers and mother to son, Harlem 2 and I, too |
| What are the bodies of literature that make up African American Literature | Slave narratives, Harlem Rennaissance and Civil Rights Movemnt |
| What was the name of Martin Luther Kings Speech | I Have a Dream |
| When did blacks start migrating north | During WW1 |
| Why did blacks leave the south | find work, get a better education and escape racism |
| Where did blacks find work in the north | factories |
| What were black activists pusing | end racisim and segregation |
| When did African American Literature reach the mainstream | In the 1970s |
| when did the civil war take place | 1861-1866 |
| When did Martin Luther King Jr. give I have a Dream Speech | August 28, 1963 |
| When was Martin Luther King Shot | April 4, 1968 |
| When did the present day era begin | The 1970s |
| What is an abolishionist | A person that want to get rid of slavery |
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