THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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“Most found jobs as farm laborers-doing essentially the same work they had done as slaves, but now for a meager wage.” (Paragraph 2)
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“The governments of southern states ignored the hardships of the African American community and continued to care mainly about white citizens.” (Paragraph 2)
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“in the early 1900s African Americans began moving north where they could find better paid jobs working in city factories instead of on farms.” (Paragraph 3)
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“These immigrants, often former slaves as well, also faced discrimination and oppression in their home countries.” (Paragraph 3)
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Detailed explanation-1: -How does the inclusion of details about specific artists from the Harlem Renaissance contribute to the development of ideas in the text? They reinforce how AfricanAmericans used art, music, and literature to help shape their cultural identity.
Detailed explanation-2: -More than a literary movement and more than a social revolt against racism, the Harlem Renaissance exalted the unique culture of African Americans and raised racial consequences. African Americans were encouraged to celebrate their heritage and become “The New Negro."
Detailed explanation-3: -The greater economic and educational opportunities led to an explosion of artistic expression in music and literature. Migrants and their children created the Harlem Renaissance, changed the sound of the blues music that they brought north with them, desegregated sports, and became involved in politics.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.