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Who was Eleanor Roosevelt
was an American political figure, diplomat, pacifist, and activist. She was the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office, making her the longest-serving first lady of the United States. (Impact on Today)
She advocated for expanded roles for women in the workplace, the civil rights of African Americans and Asian Americans, and the rights of World War II refugees.
What was the Harlem Renaissance
an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s (Impact on Today) It gave these artists pride in and control over how the Black experience was represented in American culture and set the stage for the civil rights movement.
