THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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African Americans were forced to leave the South and go to Harlem because of the violence they experienced in the South.
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African Americans were tired of unfair treatment in the South and wanted to forge a new path for themselves in Harlem.
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African Americans were too afraid to establish an identity in the South because of the history of slavery there.
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African Americans were not permitted to work as anything but laborers in the South and heard of the artistic opportunities in the North.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How does the inclusion of details about specific artists from the Harlem Renaissance contribute to the development of ideas in the text? They reinforce how AfricanAmericans used art, music, and literature to help shape their cultural identity.
Detailed explanation-2: -More than a literary movement and more than a social revolt against racism, the Harlem Renaissance exalted the unique culture of African Americans and raised racial consequences. African Americans were encouraged to celebrate their heritage and become “The New Negro."
Detailed explanation-3: -Artists associated with the movement asserted pride in black life and identity, a rising consciousness of inequality and discrimination, and interest in the rapidly changing modern world-many experiencing a freedom of expression through the arts for the first time.
Detailed explanation-4: -Impact of the Harlem Renaissance 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.