THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME OF THE 1920S
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It was a religious revival started in Harlem, New York.
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It was an awakening for African Americans who were now creating art, poetry, music and literature.
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It was when the African Americans finally found jobs and were able to pull themselves out of the Great Depression.
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None of the above
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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: -The Harlem Renaissance was a period of rich cross-disciplinary artistic and cultural activity among African Americans between the end of World War I (1917) and the onset of the Great Depression and lead up to World War II (the 1930s).
Detailed explanation-3: -The syncopated rhythms and improvisation in Blues music attracted new listeners during the Harlem Renaissance. This unique sound meant that no two performances would sound the same. Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday popularized Blues and jazz vocals at this time.
Detailed explanation-4: -Poets from the Harlem Renaissance left an immeasurable impact on modern and contemporary poetry, inspiring the Black Arts movement of the 1960s and 70s, as well as international art movements of the African diaspora, known as Negrismo in the Caribbean and Négritude in the Francophone world.