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Slavery
Slavery was first started in 1619 and continued through the 19th century. -
Phyllis Wheatley
Second published African American poet. -
Abolitionist Movement
Middle and Northern States started passing legislation abolishing slavery around this time period. -
Frances Harper
An African American anolitionist, poet and author. -
Frederick Douglass
Slavery Escapee and a huge social reformer. -
Reconstruction
This was the time following the Civil War. -
W.E.B. duBois
He was an American Socialogist and historian. -
Jim Crow Era
This was the year when the first Jim Crow laws were passed. -
Claude McKay
Wrote a lot of social and political concerns from his perspective. -
Booker T. Washington
Was an African American educator. -
Zora Neale Hurston
Was an American folklorist and author. -
Naturalism
the belief that only nature rules the world. -
Oral Story Telling
The passing down of stories through oral means. -
Pan-Africanism
An idealology and movement that encourages solidarity of Africans worldwide. -
Sterling Brown
Was an African American professor and author. -
Langston Hughes
Was an American poet and socialist. -
Countee Cullen
Was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. -
Richard Wright
Was an African American author of some controversial novels. -
Harlem Renaissance
Was an African American cultural movement that spanned the 1920s. -
Maya Angelou
Is an American author and poet. -
Lorraine Hansbery
Was an American playwright and writer. -
Toni Morrison
She is an American novelist. -
Amiri Baraka
An American writer in many different forms and Mrs. Levy's favorite writer. -
Everett Hoagland
Was a poet. -
Civil Rights Movement
Movements in the United States whose goal was to end racial segregation. -
Migration
Migration of African Americans up to the North. -
Black Arts Movement
The artistic brand of the Black Power movement.