Question

The Harlem Renaissance was an important cultural outpouring in which African American writers _____.

(A)explored the pains and joys of being black in America

(B)denounced jazz as an un-American form of music

(C)downplayed race and focused on inventive language

(D)created the first truly American form of literature

Answer 1

The answer is A. explored the pains and joys of being black in America

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

A) Explored the pains and joys of being black in America.

The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual, social, and artistic movement that took place in Harlem, New York, in the 1920s.

It was considered a rebirth of African-American arts. It encompassed poetry and prose, painting and sculpture, jazz and swing, opera and dance in a faithful representation of what it meant to be black in America, defying racist stereotypes and redefining how people of other races understood the African American experience.