USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or False:The FIRST name given to the Harlem Renaissance was “the New Negro Movement".
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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. Read more about this historic New York neighborhood.

Detailed explanation-2: -At the time, it was known as the “New Negro Movement", named after The New Negro, a 1925 anthology edited by Alain Locke.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Harlem Renaissance was a period of rich cross-disciplinary artistic and cultural activity among African Americans between the end of World War I (1917) and the onset of the Great Depression and lead up to World War II (the 1930s).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Negro Renaissance (1920-1930) also known as the Harlem Renaissance was a notable historical phase and a cultural and political development of great significance in the making and maturation of a Black Personality in the United States.

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