THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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Langston Hughes
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Walt Whitman
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Alain locke
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W.E.B. Du Boise
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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: -Whitman’s most well-known work, Leaves of Grass was first published in 1855 by Whitman himself.
Detailed explanation-3: -The verse collection Leaves of Grass is Walt Whitman’s best-known work. He revised and added to the collection throughout his life, producing ultimately nine editions. The poems were written in a new form of free verse and contained controversial subject matter for which they were censured.
Detailed explanation-4: -F-CLAUDE McKAY was the first important writer of the Harlem Renaissance.