Why Did James Weldon Johnson Coin the Term Aframerican

question 24

Multiple Choice

Why did James Weldon Johnson coin the term Aframerican?

• A) to mark the end of the Harlem Renaissance
• B) to emphasize the shame African Americans at the time felt
• C) to underscore the lack of discrimination in the northern states
• D) to give a name to white Americans who supported African Americans
• E) to designate Americans with African ancestry as a display of unity

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Popé

A Pueblo religious leader who orchestrated the Pueblo Revolt against Spanish colonial rule in New Mexico in 1680.

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