When (approximately) did the Harlem Renaissance occur?

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Exploring the timeframe of the Harlem Renaissance involves identifying when this cultural, artistic, and intellectual flowering occurred.
Option A: 1918-1926. This window is too short and ends before the movement reaches its height, which centers in the mid to late 1920s. While 1918 marks the post-World War I era and beginnings of African American cultural expression, the renaissance expanded well beyond 1926.
Option B: 1925-1939. This span includes the late bloom of the movement and extends into the Great Depression era. The Renaissance is generally understood to have peaked in the 1920s and begun to fade by the early 1930s, so ending in 1939 overextends the typical period associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
Option C: 1918-1937. This range starts near the postwar era and covers the peak period through the late 1930s, aligning with many scholars who describe the Harlem Renaissance as beginning around 1918 and winding down in the late 1930s, making it a plausible overarching timeframe.
Option D: 1912-1929. This option begins even earlier and ends around the onset of the most intense activity; it misses much of the later development, innovation, and broader cultural flowering that characterized the movement through the mid-to-late 1920s and into the 1930s.
Option E: 1912-1939. Although this range encompasses a broad historical window, it overextends on both ends: it starts before the commonly cited emergence of Harlem Renaissance activity and ends after its decline had begun, making it less precise as a characterization of the core period.
In sum, when assessing the evidence and scholarly consensus about the Harlem Renaissance timeline, the 1918-1937 window best captures both the emergence after World War I and the gradual decline toward the end of the 1930s, balancing start, peak, and fade phases across sources.

MUSIC-15A-43484-F25 Quiz #3

When (approximately) did the Harlem Renaissance occur?

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