1. FIGHTING RACISM WITH WORDS.James Mercer Langston Hughes was one of the earliest innovators of the new literacy art form jazzpoetry. 2. The Harlem Renaissance Era was an…

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Map of Harlem â 1920âs In the early 1920s, African American artists, writers, musicians, and performers were part of a great cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance.…