Let the blare of Negro jazz bands and the bellowing voice of Bessie Smith singing Blues penetrate the closed ears of the colored near intellectual until they listen and perhaps understand. Let Paul Robeson singing “Water Boy,” and Rudolph Fisher writing about the streets of Harlem, and Jean Toomer holding the heart of Georgia in his hands, and Aaron Douglas drawing strange black fantasies cause the smug Negro middle class to turn from their white, respectable, ordinary books and papers to catch a glimmer of their own beauty.

According to this excerpt, why is it important that the “near intellectuals” expose themselves to Bessie Smith, Paul Robeson, and other African American artists?
to help these musicians and writers become more successful
to better understand and appreciate their heritage
to learn more about key individuals in mainstream culture
to create music and writing that reflects their ancestors’ beliefs

absolutism the political belief that one ruler should hold all of the power within the boundaries of a country.

answers may vary, but my guess based on my personal education it has alwats been 3 or 4

a long work of fiction-novels contain such elements as characters,plot,conflict,and setting. the writer of a novel, or novelist, develops theses elements. in addition to his main plot, a novel may contain one or more subplot, or independent, relate stories. a novel may also have several themes.

in railroad songs, workers swung their hammers during the offbeat. work songs combined with traditional musical and lyrical forms, such as hymns and ballads, to create spirituals, the blues, and other jazz styles. this blending of old and new can be seen when comparing the lyrics to the traditional irish song "lass of roch royal" and the blues song "the deal."

as work songs and other forms of jazz developed, jazz music spread across the united states. for example, a jazz style known as dixieland went from new orleans to chicago by means of the famous trumpet player louis armstrong. the original dixieland band developed out of armstrong's influence and, in the early 1920s, moved to new york city. once jazz reached new york, especially harlem, its development