What was the Harlem Renaissance? Inspired by the civil rights movement, it was a movement that focused on using art to influence political activism.
It was a cultural and artistic movement that spread throughout Europe during the 14th to 17th centuries.
It was a neighborhood in New York City’s borough of Manhattan, which has been the center of African American culture.
It was an explosion of arts and culture in the African American community in the decades after World War I.

“dylan was a revolutionary,” bruce springsteen said in his 1988 speech inducting dylan into the rock and roll hall of fame. “the way that elvis freed your body, bob freed your mind.” early masterpieces such as “a hard rain’s a-gonna fall” and “visions of johanna” and “like a rolling stone” fueled a debate: are rock lyrics poetry? the answer must be yes, because on thursday, dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the nobel prize in literature. the swedish academy, in making him the first american winner since novelist toni morrison in 1993, cited him for “having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition.” –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca what is the best summary of the author’s claim? rock lyrics can be like poetry. bob dylan was a revolutionary. musicians deserve nobel prizes. more americans deserve nobel prizes.