W. E. B. Dubois and James Weldon Johnson believed that their art should present the ordinary African American person objectively as an individual and not just cultured African Americans mirroring white standards.

ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

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W. E. B. Dubois and James Weldon Johnson believed that their art should present the ordinary African American person objectively as an individual and not just “cultured” African Americans mirroring white standards.

A	True
B	False
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -James Weldon Johnson wrote Lift Every Voice and Sing, the national anthem to millions of black Americans. He was widely known as a man of many talents, all of which he used in some form to help shape America’s history.

Detailed explanation-2: -"New Negro” is a term popularized during the Harlem Renaissance implying a more outspoken advocacy of dignity and a refusal to submit quietly to the practices and laws of Jim Crow racial segregation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Johnson composed a poem which was later set to music to become “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” to honor renowned educator Booker T. Washington who was visiting Stanton School, when the poem was recited by 500 school children as a tribute to Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.

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ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE