how did the writers in the harlem renaissance encourage racial pride and social activism? select the two…
how did the writers in the harlem renaissance encourage racial pride and social activism? select the two correct answers. (1 point) duke ellington learned to write music and became an important singer. langston hughes called for personal sacrifice and civil rights. countee cullen gave stirring sermons that were repeated in white churches. booker t. washington encouraged african americans to be peaceful. zora neale hurston celebrated the dialect of rural african americans.
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Langston Hughes was a key writer in the Harlem Renaissance. His works often called for personal sacrifice and civil rights, which are aspects of social activism.
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Zora Neale Hurston celebrated the dialect of rural African Americans. By highlighting and celebrating this cultural aspect (the dialect), she encouraged racial pride as it was a celebration of African - American identity.
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Duke Ellington was a musician (not a writer in the traditional sense for this context) and his role was more in music rather than the literary - based racial pride and social activism asked in the question.
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Countee Cullen was a poet, but his "stirring sermons that were repeated in white churches" is not a typical way writers in the Harlem Renaissance encouraged racial pride and social activism as described in the question.
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Booker T. Washington was not part of the Harlem Renaissance. His ideas were more about accommodation and economic self - help in an earlier era.
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Langston Hughes called for personal sacrifice and civil rights. Zora Neale Hurston celebrated the dialect of rural African Americans.