USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Langston Hughes:“When the Negro was in Vogue"You can conclude that Hughes felt the house-rent parties were
A
commercialized and exploitative.
B
too exclusive for most people in Harlem.
C
rowdy and destructive.
D
more fun than going to the clubs.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When Harlem was in Vogue is an impartial account of the rise of the Harlem Renaissance especially in the form of black artists. The First World War was a maiden opportunity for Negroes to engage in better activities like combats away from their conventional menial jobs.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that “the Negro was in vogue", which was later paraphrased as “when Harlem was in vogue."

Detailed explanation-3: -“I, Too” is a cry of protest against American racism. Its speaker, a black man, laments the way that he is excluded from American society-even though he is a key part of it.

Detailed explanation-4: -“It was the period when the Negro was in vogue.” These words introduce readers of The Big Sea, a 1940 autobiography by Langston Hughes, to the era known today as the Harlem Renaissance, which commenced in 1924, and was the first significant literary and cultural movement in African American history.

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