USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Define “flowering” in this sentence:The Harlem Renaissance was a flowering of African-American cultural, societal, and artistic expressions during the 1920s.
A
boom
B
decline
C
growth
D
painting
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Harlem Renaissance was “a flowering of black creativity centered on Harlem, New York, from the early 1920s to the mid-1930s, ” as we explain in Art in Time. “Harlem became a cultural centre partially as a result of the movement of African-Americans from the rural South to northern cities in 1919–26.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Harlem Renaissance was the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th Century and the subsequent social and artistic explosion that resulted.

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that emerged in the 1920s in the African American community of Harlem, New York. The Harlem Renaissance was a flowering of African American literature, art, music, and intellectual thought, that celebrated the contributions and experiences of African Americans.

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