Please answer the following questions in an informal 1 ½ – 2-page essay:
- Describe Hubert’s characterization of white society in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance.
- What does this essay reveal about black culture in Harlem?
- Why does Hubert describe the Harlem Renaissance as “the golden age for Negro writers, artists, and musicians?”
- Black writer Alain Locke used the term “New Negro” to describe individuals such as Hubert. What did that mean?
- Please conclude your essay with at least one question for discussion. Choose a question that you think will both enlighten and enliven your discussion section.
