... man Honey man - a man who is kept by a woman Passing Passer - the act of passing/ a person who can pass for white Scronch Skip- a dance Eight ball Gigwatny - dark colored person Juice Joint - speakeasy Lap - liquor Knowing these terms was a necessity in communication among the clubs. Once the Savoy's success ... , Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, among others. Every big band at the time played the Savoy. At any time you can find, not only African American musicians, but also famous white patrons such as, Carl Van Vechten, Greta Garbo, Orson Welles, and Lana Turner. Broken Racial Barriers ...

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... Yet shortly thereafter Sexton attempted suicide again after beginning a novel to be left unfinished. One month later she and her husband went on an African safari. In 1967 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Live or Die. She toured England in July of 1967and read at the International Poetry ... appeared regularly in ethnic magazines such as The Crisis (NAACP) and Opportunity (National Urban League). "The sights and sounds of Harlem, its music and dance, and Intellectual life, inspired Langston more than his mining engineering and eventually he quit school" (Gasbarre). In 1926 his first book ...

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... With the increasing migration of educated and socially conscious Blacks, New York's Harlem neighborhood developed into the political and cultural center of black America. Harlem created a growth of African-American culture which gave rise to a community exploding with art, politics, energy, and racial pride. In particular the entertainment business gave Blacks the opportunity of expressing themselves, ... cultural movement a name - The Harlem Renaissance. Redefining African-American expression, Blacks were encouraged to celebrate their heritage and to become "The New Negro," a term coine...

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