NAACP leader and Harlem Renaissance writer; he wrote poetry and, with his brother, the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing

1. James Weldon Johnson

NAACP leader and Harlem Renaissance writer; he wrote poetry and, with his brother, the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

2. Marcus Garvey

African American leader durin the 1920s who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocated mass migration of African Americans back to Africa.

3. Harlem Renaissance

a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished

4. Claude McKay

A poet who was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance movement and wrote the poem "If We Must Die" after the Chicago riot of 1919. Urged African Americans to resist prejudice

5. Langston Hughes

African American poet who described the rich culture of african American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music. He wrote of African American hope and defiance, as well as the culture of Harlem and also had a major impact on the Harlem Renaissance.

6. Paul Robeson

African American actor and singer who promoted African American rights and left-wing causes

7. Louis Armstrong

Leading African American jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance; he was a talented trumpeter whose style influenced many later musicians.

8. Duke Ellington

Born in Chicago to a middle class family. Moved to Harlem in 1923 and began playing at the Cotton Club. Composer, pianist and band leader. Most influential figure in jazz.

9. Bessie Smith

African American blues singer. She played an important role in the Harlem Reniassance.

10. price support

Price set by government above free-market level and maintatined by governmental purchases of excess supply