Chicago Black Renaissance
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The Chicago Black Renaissance was a flourishing cultural and artistic movement in Chicago during the early to mid-20th century, marked by significant achievements in literature, music, visual arts, and intellectual life within the city’s African American community.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chicago Black Renaissance canonical | 18 |
| Chicago Renaissance | 2 |
| Chicago Black Renaissance cultural movement | 1 |
| Chicago Black cultural institutions network | 1 |
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Target entity: Chicago Black Renaissance Context triple: [Great Migration of African Americans, effect, Chicago Black Renaissance]
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Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a flourishing African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and early 1930s.
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Black Arts Movement
The Black Arts Movement was a 1960s–1970s African American artistic and literary movement that promoted Black cultural pride, political empowerment, and experimental forms in poetry, theater, visual arts, and music.
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Chicago Freedom Movement
The Chicago Freedom Movement was a major mid-1960s campaign led by Martin Luther King Jr. and local activists to challenge racial segregation and discriminatory housing practices in Chicago.
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South Side, Chicago
South Side, Chicago is a large, historically working-class region of Chicago known for its diverse neighborhoods, rich cultural and musical heritage, and significant role in the city’s industrial and social history.
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Chicago blues
Chicago blues is an electrified, urban style of blues music that emerged in mid-20th-century Chicago, characterized by amplified guitars, harmonica, and a strong rhythm section.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Chicago Black Renaissance Target entity description: The Chicago Black Renaissance was a flourishing cultural and artistic movement in Chicago during the early to mid-20th century, marked by significant achievements in literature, music, visual arts, and intellectual life within the city’s African American community.
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A.
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a flourishing African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and early 1930s.
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B.
Black Arts Movement
The Black Arts Movement was a 1960s–1970s African American artistic and literary movement that promoted Black cultural pride, political empowerment, and experimental forms in poetry, theater, visual arts, and music.
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C.
Chicago Freedom Movement
The Chicago Freedom Movement was a major mid-1960s campaign led by Martin Luther King Jr. and local activists to challenge racial segregation and discriminatory housing practices in Chicago.
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D.
South Side, Chicago
South Side, Chicago is a large, historically working-class region of Chicago known for its diverse neighborhoods, rich cultural and musical heritage, and significant role in the city’s industrial and social history.
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Chicago blues
Chicago blues is an electrified, urban style of blues music that emerged in mid-20th-century Chicago, characterized by amplified guitars, harmonica, and a strong rhythm section.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (76)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American cultural movement
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artistic movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ historical period ⓘ |
| centeredInNeighborhood |
South Side, Chicago
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surface form:
Bronzeville
South Side, Chicago ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago South Side
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| follows |
Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
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surface form:
Great Migration
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| hasCulturalDomain |
dance
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journalism ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ political thought ⓘ sociology ⓘ theater ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | 1950s ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
blues
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gospel music ⓘ jazz ⓘ modernist art ⓘ poetry ⓘ prose ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| hasInstitution |
Chicago Defender
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Ebony magazine ⓘ Negro Story magazine ⓘ South Side Community Art Center ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMainSubject |
African American culture
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African American intellectual life ⓘ African American literature ⓘ African American music ⓘ African American visual art ⓘ |
| hasNotableFigure |
Archibald Motley
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Arna Bontemps ⓘ Charles S. Johnson ⓘ Charles White ⓘ Elder Watson Diggs ⓘ Fenton Johnson ⓘ Frank Marshall Davis ⓘ Gwendolyn Brooks ⓘ Horace Cayton ⓘ Horace Cayton ⓘ
surface form:
Horace R. Cayton Jr.
Katherine Dunham ⓘ Langston Hughes ⓘ Mahalia Jackson ⓘ Margaret Walker ⓘ Richard Wright ⓘ St. Clair Drake ⓘ Theodore Ward ⓘ Thomas A. Dorsey ⓘ Willard Motley ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Black Chicago poetry movement
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Black Chicago press ⓘ Black Chicago theater ⓘ Chicago blues scene ⓘ Chicago jazz scene ⓘ South Side Community Art Center ⓘ South Side Writers Group ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 1920s ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
community building
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migration ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ racial uplift ⓘ urban Black experience ⓘ |
| influenced |
Black Arts Movement
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civil rights era cultural expression ⓘ later African American literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
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surface form:
Great Migration of African Americans from the South
Harlem Renaissance ⓘ Jim Crow laws ⓘ
surface form:
Jim Crow segregation in the American South
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| locatedIn |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago
Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| partOf |
African American history
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history of Chicago ⓘ |
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Subject: Chicago Black Renaissance Description of subject: The Chicago Black Renaissance was a flourishing cultural and artistic movement in Chicago during the early to mid-20th century, marked by significant achievements in literature, music, visual arts, and intellectual life within the city’s African American community.
Referenced by (22)
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