Are the arts, especially literature, an effective means through which individuals and groups can express their history, their frustrations, and their hopes for the future? How did poets during the Harlem Renaissance do this?    Additionally, give at least one contemporary example of an individual or group expressing their history, frustrations, and/or hopes through art --this can be an example from any art form (not limited to literature).

Are the arts, especially literature, an effective means through which individuals and groups can express their history, their frustrations, and their hopes for the future? How did poets during the Harlem Renaissance do this? 

Additionally, give at least one contemporary example of an individual or group expressing their history, frustrations, and/or hopes through art --this can be an example from any art form (not limited to literature).