The poem below was written in the early 1900s: her voice was like the sound of blended flutes blown by black players upon a picnic day. she sang and danced on gracefully and calm, the light gauze hanging loose about her form; to me she seemed a proudly-swaying palm grown lovelier for passing through a storm. upon her swarthy neck black, shiny curls profusely fell; and, tossing coins in praise, the wine-flushed, bold-eyed boys, and even the girls, devoured her with their eager, passionate gaze; but, looking at her falsely-smiling face i knew her self was not in that strange place. source:to which of the following is the excerpt above linked? the art deco movement the lost generation the harlem renaissance religious fundamentalism

The correct answers is C) The Harlem Renaissance .

The Harlem Renaissance is linked to the excerpt.

The excerpt is taken from a poem written by Claude McKay. The poem is “The Harlem Dancer” of 1922. Linked to the Harlem Renaissance, the poem refers to a young dancing woman that entertains people with her beauty and talent. The dancer does not like very much the job she does. She did it to make a living.

The Harlem Renaissance is characterized by literary and artistic creativity from Black artists in the 1920s. African Americans artists expressed pride in their African heritage and cultures. They proposed the political equality for African Americans in the U.S.

Claude McKay was born in Jamaica in 1890.  He was a novelist and a poet.  

the Harlem Renaissance

The excerpt  “Her voice was like the sound of blended…  in that strange place” was from the poem entitled “The Harlem Dancer” and was written by Claude McKay in 1922. It was linked to the Harlem Renaissance.  

the first forms of writing came from them in the form of pictographs around 3100 bc.

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