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Which U.S. President praised the film Birth of a Nation after its screening in the White House? -
correct answer ✔✔. Woodrow Wilson
Although the ratification of the ___ amendment in 1920 gave women the right to vote many
African
American women found that they were still disenfranchised. - correct answer ✔✔19th
In what newspaper did Marcus Garvey spread the ideals of the Universal Negro Improvement
Association while also expanding his membership? - correct answer ✔✔The Negro World
In what year did race riots known as "Red Summer" explode in a number of cities in both the
North and South including Chicago, Washington, DC and Elaine, Arkansas? - correct answer
✔✔1919
After immigrating to Harlem, he amassed a great collection of works on peoples of African
descent and
helped establish the Negro Society for Historical Records - correct answer ✔✔Arturo
Schomburg
During the Harlem Renaissance what record company was created by Harry Pace to be a vehicle
for racial
advancement, to bring middle-class respectability to the Black community while also refuting
minstrelsy
and racist images of Black culture? - correct answer ✔✔Black Swan Records
, Which bandleader was a key figure in the evolution of Jazz (particularly the big-band tradition)
while also serving as the head of the Harlem Hellfighter's Band of the 369th regiment during
World War I? - correct answer ✔✔James Reese Europe
Who was Oscar Micheaux? - correct answer ✔✔A filmmaker who wrote, directed and produced
over forty films highlighting racial injustices including lynching's, rape and mob violence.
What photographer shaped the way the Harlem Renaissance has been remembered with a
collection of
work that highlighted Black middle-class life and some of Harlem's leaders and institutions? -
correct answer ✔✔James Van Der Zee
What scholar and Howard University professor described the renewed sense of racial pride,
spiritual
emancipation, cultural self-expression and reshaping of identity during the Harlem Renaissance
as "The New Negro
Movement?" - correct answer ✔✔Alain Locke
In which New Deal program did Mrs. Bethune serve as the Director of the Division of Negro
Affairs? - correct answer ✔✔National Youth Administration
Which labor leader planned a March on Washington in 1941 to protest discrimination in the war
industry
workforce? - correct answer ✔✔A. Phillip Randolph
Which New Deal program provided jobs for African American actors, writers and artists
(including Zora Neale
Hurston)? - correct answer ✔✔Works Progress Administration