USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

1920S AMERICAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What name was given to the great achievements in art and learning by African Americans during the 1920’s?
A
The Roaring 20s
B
Sacco-Vanzetti Case
C
Harlem Renaissance
D
Scopes Trial
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -It had no universally recognized name, but was known variously as the New Negro Movement, the New Negro Renaissance, and the Negro Renaissance, as well as the Harlem Renaissance.

Detailed explanation-3: -African Americans were encouraged to celebrate their heritage and become “The New Negro.” One of the factors contributing to the rise of the Harlem Renaissance was the migration of African Americans to northern cities, such as New York City, Chicago, and Washington D.C. between 1919 and 1926.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Black Arts Movement was a Black nationalism movement that focused on music, literature, drama, and the visual arts made up of Black artists and intellectuals.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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