USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is one major concept during the Harlem Renaissance that African American authors worked to dispel the negative portrayals of African-Americans in motions picture and fiction created by White people? (P5-KD)
A
protest aggression
B
ending stereotypes
C
experiment with modernism
D
preserving heritage
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Writers of the Harlem Renaissance created a wide range of literary works from poetry to plays to prose, and to novels. The main themes of the writing were about racial identity, equality, black life in the South and North, and other racial issues.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

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