THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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a program of urban renewal among various ethnic groups begun in New York City
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a period of musical, artistic, and literary productivity among African Americans in New York City
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the integration of African Americans into colleges and universities throughout the nation
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a set of political reforms and social programs supported by African American politicians in New York City
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Detailed explanation-1: -Harlem Renaissance: a renewal and flourishing of African American literary, artistic, and musical culture during the years after World War I. Though it was concentrated in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the movement expanded throughout northern cities with large African American populations.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Harlem Renaissance was an artistic flowering of the “New Negro” movement as its participants celebrated their African heritage and embraced self-expression, rejecting long-standing-and often degrading-stereotypes.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.