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

Question

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• 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.

Answer 1

The two correct answers that highlight how the writers in the Harlem Renaissance encouraged racial pride and social activism are:

• Langston Hughes called for personal sacrifice and civil rights.
• Zora Neale Hurston celebrated the dialect of rural African Americans.

These choices reflect the themes of racial pride and the push for social change that were prevalent during the Harlem Renaissance.