Henry Louis Gates says that David Levering Lewis called the Harlem Renaissance "art as civil rights." What does Lewis
mean and why does Gates bring this up?
- the civil rights movement occurred in tandem with the integration of whites and blacks in Harlem
- the writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance sought to gain rights by proving their humanity
- The civil rights movement began when Harlem Renaissance writers took to the streets in protest
- the writers of the Harlem Renaissance facilitated the demand for civil rights by focusing on the disadvantages of blacks in their art.