THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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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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“One of the most common stereotypes was that they were primitive, wild people still closely connected to the ‘jungle roots’ of their origins in Africa.” (Paragraph 4)
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“Although the poem never addressed race directly, African-American readers found its message of defiance inspiring as they continued to hear about racially motivated violence around the country.” (Paragraph 5)
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“Artists held the belief that through intellect, literature, art, and music, their work could challenge racism and enable African Americans to better integrate into American society as a whole.” (Paragraph 6)
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Detailed explanation-1: -culture” (paragraph 7). “ Artists held the belief that through intellect, literature, art, and music, their work could challenge racism and enable African Americans to better integrate into American society as a whole” (paragraph 6).
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Which TWO answer choices accurately describe the purpose of farm imagery in “A Black Man Talks of Reaping"? The imagery suggests that once white people take the best, there is little left for African American generations but deprivation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Harlem Renaissance was one of primarily African-American involvement. It rested on a support system of black patrons, black-owned businesses and publications.
Detailed explanation-5: -Most importantly, the Harlem Renaissance instilled in African Americans across the country a new spirit of self-determination and pride, a new social consciousness, and a new commitment to political activism, all of which would provide a foundation for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.