Henry louis gates says that david levering lewis called the harlem renaissance “art as civil rights.” what does lewis mean and why does gates bring this up?

An explanation for why David Levering Lewis referred to the Harlem Renaissance "art as civil rights" is due to the fact that the artists of the Harlem Renaissance needed to attain civil rights by reflecting their humanity via their art.

The Harlem Renaissance was majorly known to be a black movement, during the period when black people experienced great prejudice and abuses. By establishing himself as a famous artists, black people did not only express their peculiar traits and culture, but they happen to show that their talents and intellect was equivalent to those of any other individuals.

Through this manner, they were desiring to express that prejudice and bias had no legitimate reasonable basis, and the need for the blacks to be given the same rights as those of the white people.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

what is the context here? we need to know what story you're talking about : )