USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

1920S AMERICAN CULTURE

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During the 1920s, Harlem became the center of African-American culture. What was one effect of the Harlem Renaissance?
A
a rebirth of architectural styles from the late medieval and early modern eras.
B
increased recognition of African American art, literature, and music.
C
elimination of Jim Crow Laws in northern cities.
D
ratification of the 15th Amendment to protect voting rights of African Americans.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Most importantly, the Harlem Renaissance instilled in African Americans across the country a new spirit of self-determination and pride, a new social consciousness, and a new commitment to political activism, all of which would provide a foundation for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Detailed explanation-2: -Impact of the Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was a golden age for African American artists, writers and musicians. It gave these artists pride in and control over how the Black experience was represented in American culture and set the stage for the civil rights movement.

Detailed explanation-3: -Artists associated with the movement asserted pride in black life and identity, a rising consciousness of inequality and discrimination, and interest in the rapidly changing modern world-many experiencing a freedom of expression through the arts for the first time.

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