Which of the following are key features of the Harlem Renaissance?

1. A. It advocated freedom from Victorian moral values.
2. B. It emerged in the early nineteenth century.
3. C. It began in the Harlem district of New York City.
4. D. Magazines such as The Crisis, Opportunity and The Messenger were crucial to it.
5. E. Harlem was formerly a Black district that became a white city.

1. A(A), (B) and (C) only
2. B(B), (C) and (D) only
3. C(C), (D) and (E) only
4. D(A), (C) and (D) only

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Correct answer: D. (A), (C) and (D) only

Explanation

The Harlem Renaissance (c. 1918–1937; Hughes, Hurston, McKay, Cullen) belongs to the twentieth century. Harlem was a white neighbourhood that became the Black capital during the Great Migration, not the reverse.