How did the writers in the Harlem Renaissance encourage racial pride and social activism? Select the two

correct answers.

A. Duke Ellington learned to write music and became an important singer.

B. Langston Hughes called for personal sacrifice and civil rights.

C. Countee Cullen gave stirring sermons that were repeated in white churches.

D. Booker T. Washington encouraged African Americans to be peaceful.

E. Zora Neale Hurston

celebrated the dialect of rural African Americans.

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Wilson

7 March, 18:19

How did the writers in the Harlem Renaissance encourage racial pride and social activism? Select the two

correct answers.

A. Duke Ellington learned to write music and became an important singer.

B. Langston Hughes called for personal sacrifice and civil rights.

C. Countee Cullen gave stirring sermons that were repeated in white churches.

D. Booker T. Washington encouraged African Americans to be peaceful.

E. Zora Neale Hurston

celebrated the dialect of rural African Americans.

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Onie · Answer 1

Answer: B and E

Explanation:

The reason why this is correct is because african americans were the cause of the Harlem Renaissance.

Coreen · Answer 2

1. Causes

Jim Crow laws

violence toward African Americans

Effects

more segregated neighborhoods in the North

Harlem Renaissance

2. Langston Hughes

"I, Too"

Claude McKay

"To One Coming North"

Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Countee Cullen

"Heritage"

3. new orleans

4. B & E

5. c