Harlem Renaissance

African Americans dominate the world

broadcasting remarkable talents
Between the 1920s and the mid-1930s, a cultural awareness known as the Harlem
Renaissance dominated in America.

SIGNIFIGANCE Although
slavery was abolished in 1865,
tensions between whites and
blacks were still chaotic. White
supremacy was legal during the
time and began to escalate
through violent behavior. The
brutality blacks had dealt with
in the South, influenced their
decision to migrate. Around
1890 a huge population of
African Americans relocated in
Northern cities, which sparked
the Great Migration. As African
Americans resettled, they began
to connect and appreciate their
aspirations to be artists,
performers, and musicians by
publicizing their talents;
generating the Harlem
Renaissance. Shortly after the
stock market crash, the Harlem
Renaissance faded away, leading
the country into a great
depression. Several African
American leaders created a
monumental effect on blacks,
allowing more opportunities for
other blacks. Although the

The Younger Generation

comes, bringing its gifts.
They are the first fruits of the

Negro Renaissance. Youth

speaks, and the voice of
the New Negro is heard.
IMPORTANT LEADERS Josephine
Baker, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston
Hughes, Allain Locke, Claude Mckay,
Marcus Garvy, Duke Ellington, W.E.B
Du Bois, and Louis Armstrong were all
very significant during the Harlem
Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance
mostly appreciated Jazz. However,
these leaders were poets, novelists,
writers, authors, musicians,
playwrights, performers, and
journalist who remarkably created an
impact for African Americans. These
leaders developed and molded the
cultural celebration of African
Americans and helped express pride
for the African American heritage
through their works, renaming the
Harlem Renaissance to the Negro

AMERICAS RESPONSE The

Negro Renaissance progressed
integration. It helped changed
white Americas perspective on
blacks by recognizing African
Americans intelligence and
intriguing talents. This cultural
exploitation changed America
and blacks were getting
accredited for reaching certain
hierarchies within their career
and breaking barriers that had
not been broken by any other
African American.
THE EFFECT The Harlem
Renaissance helped expand
more opportunities and space
for black performers and
musicians, especially in Jazz.
This cultural movement that
was created by African
Americans helped white
America, and all Americans to
appreciate the black arts.
Today, most people of different
races appreciate any work,
despite of the race giving more