Document 2: Howard Johnson, an African American newspaper editor, interviewed in The Century, 1998 ...The time was ripe for a renaissance back then (1920's). After the defeat of the Kaiser in Germany [in World War I], a spirit of optimism and positive expectation swept across Harlem, NY. The Allies won the war for democracy, so now it was time for something to happen in America to change the system of segregation and lynching that was going on. In Europe, the black [African American] troops were welcomed as liberators; so when they came back to America, they were determined to create a situation that would approximate the slogans they had been fighting for. They wanted democracy at home in the United States. And this general idea helped feed the concept of "the renaissance."... 3. According to Howard Johnson, how did WWI affect the African American population in America? 4. What "renaissance" is Howard Johnson referring to? Explain what that "renaissance" was.

Document 2: Howard Johnson, an African American newspaper editor, interviewed in The Century, 1998 ...The time was ripe for a renaissance back then (1920's). After the defeat of the Kaiser in Germany [in World War I], a spirit of optimism and positive expectation swept across Harlem, NY. The Allies won the war for democracy, so now it was time for something to happen in America to change the system of segregation and lynching that was going on. In Europe, the black [African American] troops were welcomed as liberators; so when they came back to America, they were determined to create a situation that would approximate the slogans they had been fighting for. They wanted democracy at home in the United States. And this general idea helped feed the concept of "the renaissance."... 3. According to Howard Johnson, how did WWI affect the African American population in America? 4. What "renaissance" is Howard Johnson referring to? Explain what that "renaissance" was.