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The Harlem Renaissance began in 1920 as an intellectual, social and artistic explosion in Manhattan in Harlem which is known as the "Great Migration". It was considered as a golden age for African-Americans and their rich cultural heritage which was characterized by music, literature, dance, art, etcetera.
It was important for the Harlem Renaissance to establish a cultural identity for African-Americans at that time because after the Civil War, the blacks were freemen and began to strive for political equality and adequate representation. They were largely successful, as some blacks served in Congress and denounced The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 which also led to the Civil Rights Act in 1875. However, between 1890 and 108, the Democratic whites came into power in the South and passed Jim Crow laws which enforced segregation in the South. This caused a lot of African-Americans to move north to Harlem which is known as the "Great Migration"
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stand out like a sore thumb - to be noticeably different from others
went up in smoke - to be wasted
hard to swallow - difficult to accept
cut the mustard - to meet expectations
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idk how to explain it but i know it's right :)
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You'd be able to deduce the idiom's meanings from the literal meanings of the words. You'd have trouble figuring out what that idiom meant. ... The words in idioms are too complex for non-native speakers to understand.
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Swift was criticized for his satire because the novel itself is highly critical of the English government and English customs, the country's religious struggles, the monarchy's handling of those struggles, and so forth.
