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Question #1 What was the significance of the Harlem Renaissance?
Artistic movement that blossoms, and it was a literary movement that celebrated the African American culture.
Question #2 Who were some of the important figures (and what they were famous for) during the Harlem Renaissance?
James Weldon Johnson- Leader of the NACP, a group of black lawyers
Thurgood Marshall- first black supreme court Marshall
Louis Armstrong- great jazz player
Bessy Smith- highest paid jazz singer
Langston Hughes- great African American poet who writes about the African American experience that gains fame in the literary circle
Question #3 In the Poem, Mother to Son by Langston Hughes, what is the message (make sure you included the "why")?
The message is the mothers life experience and she is telling her son that life isn't easy and that
he should never give up.
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Question #1 What was the significance of the Harlem Renaissance?
Artistic movement that blossoms, and it was a literary movement that celebrated the African American culture.
Question #2 Who were some of the important figures (and what they were famous for) during the Harlem Renaissance?
James Weldon Johnson- Leader of the NACP, a group of black lawyers
Thurgood Marshall- first black supreme court Marshall
Louis Armstrong- great jazz player
Bessy Smith- highest paid jazz singer
Langston Hughes- great African American poet who writes about the African American experience that gains fame in the literary circle
Question #3 In the Poem, Mother to Son by Langston Hughes, what is the message (make sure you included the "why")?
The message is the mothers life experience and she is telling her son that life isn't easy and that
he should never give up.