B. New religious ideas focused on people’s ability to improve themselves and others
WWl
More than 350,000 African Americans served in segregated units during World War I, mostly as support troops. Several units saw action alongside French soldiers fighting against the Germans, and 171 African Americans were awarded the French Legion of Honor.
WWII
Despite a high enlistment rate in the U.S. Army, African Americans were not treated equally. At parades, church services, in transportation and canteens the races were kept separate. A quota of only 48 nurses was set for African-American women, and the women were segregated from white nurses and white soldiers for much of the war. Eventually more black nurses enlisted. They were assigned to care for black soldiers. Black nurses were integrated into everyday life with their white colleagues. The first African-American woman sworn into the Navy Nurse Corps was Phyllis Mae Dailey, a Columbia University student from New York. She was the first of only four African-American women to serve as a Navy nurse during World War II.
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The correct answer is D) Zora Neale Hurston.
<em>The writer that contributed to the Harlem Renaissance was Zora Neale Hurston</em>
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), was an African American writer and civil rights supported that contributed to the period known as the Harlem Renaissance with important novels such as "Sweat" and "Her Eyes were Watching God." Hurston was an important part of the Harlem Renaissance and was a friend of key figures of the Harlem Renaissance such as Countee Collen and Lanston Hughes.
