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 social class helped to foster the success of the Harlem Renaissance?
A
upper class whites
B
middle class African Americans
C
middle class whites
D
upper class African Americans
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Langston Hughes (1901-1967) As the most influential and widely celebrated voice of the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes also wrote essays, novels, short stories and plays, all of which centered and celebrated Black life and pride in African American heritage.

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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