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    Giselle Villanueva History IB Mr. Flores February 7, 2016 Period 4 Word Count: 693 Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was the first period in the history of the United States in which a group of black poets, authors, and essayist seized the opportunity to express themselves. The Great Migration was the movement of six million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North during 1916 to 1970. Driven from their homes by unsatisfactory economic opportunities and harsh segregationist

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    The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of cultural appreciation of African Americans looking for better life in the neighborhood of Harlem. Producing works in music, literature, and art, stressing the importance of equality and appreciation amongst their different cultures between Whites and Blacks. After The Migration, very important figures of the time of the Harlem Renaissance emerged such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Toomer, Arna Bontemps, and Claude McKay who contributed literary

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    The Harlem Renaissance                   Chapter 1 Introduction      Harlem Renaissance, an African American cultural movement of the 1920s and early 1930s that was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. According to Wintz: The Harlem Renaissance was “variously known as the New Negro movement, the New Negro Renaissance, and the Negro Renaissance, the movement emerged toward the end of World War I in 1918, blossomed in the mid- to late 1920s, and then withered in the mid-1930s

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    The Harlem Renaissance was a huge development in African American culture. It was a huge turning point culturally, socially, and artistically. The Harlem Renaissance drew a lot of attention to black writers, singers, musicians, and other talented African Americans. The timing of the Harlem Renaissance , in the early 1900’s, was perfect, because it happened during the aftermath of World War II. Many of the black writers left the South away from their unjustified groups of people to search for a place

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    statement. The name of that organization was called the Harlem Renaissance. And that was a way to show the talents in culture from african americans mainly during a hard period for blacks and the U.S.A also.So the question is what was a very influnenental culture time period in history.And heres the history or timeline of the renaissance an what it lead up too, and also the impact of it. The beginning of the harlem renaissance began with the head and founder of the NAACP(National Association

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    HARLEM RENAISSANCE Throughout the history of African Americans, there have been important historical figures as well as times. Revered and inspirational leaders and eras like, Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement, Nat Turner and the slave revolt, or Huey Newton and the Black Panther Party. One such period that will always remain a significant part of black art and culture is the Harlem Renaissance. It changed the meaning of art and poetry, as it was known then. Furthermore, the

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    HARLEM RENAISSANCE Throughout the history of African Americans, there have been important historical figures as well as times. Revered and inspirational leaders and eras like, Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement, Nat Turner and the slave revolt, or Huey Newton and the Black Panther Party. One such period that will always remain a significant part of black art and culture is the Harlem Renaissance. It changed the meaning of art and poetry, as it was known then. Furthermore, the

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    Harlem renaissance refers to a period of African-American art being reborn as an expressive art form starting after WW1 in 1918 and ending in the mid-1930s. At the time the art movement was called “The new Negro Movement” but the more political correct name The Harlem Renaissance was later used to describe the period. Renaissance means “a renewed interest in something” and Harlem is being used to describe the primary place of where this renewed interest took place. The renewed interest was that

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    The Harlem Renaissance was the most powerful movement for African Americans in the 1920’s. The Harlem Renaissance represent the rebirth of African Americans in the United States. It took place in a section of New york city called the Harlem neighborhood. They called this time the Great migration because between the late 18th and early 19th century 6 million blacks migrated to the northern cities(Kelly). The Harlem Renaissance started at the end of World War 1 and the beginning of the Great Depression(hall

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    The Harlem Renaissance was a time after World War 1. It was also called “New Negro Movement.” It was named that because the cultural, social, and artistic explosion with black American culture. Poetry was one of the main sources that helped lift people’s spirits in the city of Harlem at the end of the war. There were many of famous black poets during that time. Three of the most famous poets were Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Wallace Thurman. Langston Hughes was one of the most famous

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