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

Question

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.

Answer 1

The two correct answers are:

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

These writers and their works played significant roles in promoting racial pride and social activism during the Harlem Renaissance.