Key Terms

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decolonization

Mahatma

Banana Republic

Harlem Renaissance

liberation

theology

Jim Crow

Civil Rights Act

black nationalism

apartheid [ah PAHR teyed]

Aunt Jemima

The Migration of the Negro

jazz

Jazz Age

ragtime

blues

swing

call and response

bebop

scat singing

cool jazz

steel band

hip-hop

feminism

misogyny [mis AH ge nee]

suffragette

Nana

Stonewall riots

AIDS

ethnicity

Latino/Latina

identity politics

Chicana [chee KA na]