THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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Question
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____ was a poet during the Harlem Renaissance who used blues motifs in his poems.
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Marcus Garvey
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Langston Hughes
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Al Capone
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Warren G. Harding
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Writing luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance include Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay, Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Toomer, Nella Larsen, and Arna Bontemps.
Detailed explanation-2: -"Harlem” (also known as “A Dream Deferred") is a poem by Langston Hughes. These eleven lines ask, “What happens to a dream deferred?", providing reference to the African-American experience.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many poets of the Harlem Renaissance were inspired to tie in threads of African-American culture into their poems; as a result, jazz poetry was heavily developed during this time. “The Weary Blues” was a notable jazz poem written by Langston Hughes.
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