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    The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement for African Americans that involved new styles of literature, artistic ways, and intellect. The Renaissance had “kindled a new black cultural identity” (Harlem Renaissance) and gave a new name to the community of Harlem. However, everything great must come to an end. There are many reasons as to why the Harlem Renaissance had concluded. One of the most popular reasons as to why it had ended was the uprising of the Great Depression. However, this was

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    The Harlem Renaissance or "New Negro Movement" was the most significant moment in African American literature because of an exceptional outbreak of creative activity among black writers. The renaissance was not confined to the Harlem district of New York City. Harlem involved a notable concentration of intellect and talent and served as the representative capital of this cultural development. The writers of the Harlem Renaissance shaped ideas and an identity that has left a lasting influence on American

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    The Harlem Renaissance, lasting from roughly the 1910’s to the 1930’s, was an African American cultural movement that took place in the neighborhoods of Harlem, New York. From the period between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Great Depression, African American culture had manifested through music, arts, literature, and more. Then also known as “the Jazz Age” coined by writer, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the “New Negro Movement,” named after one of philosopher Alain Locke’s works, titled

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    Alain Locke was born on September 13, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Alain Locke was the son of Pliny Ishmael Locke and Mary Hawkins Locke. Locke was a philosopher, educator, and writer. He was a writer during the Harlem Renaissance. Alain Locke was very educated. He received his first bachelors degree from Philadelphia School of Pedagogy, and his second bachelors from Harvard University, which he graduated magna cum laude. Upon graduating Harvard, he was the first African American to receive

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    The Harlem Renaissance was a time when a multitude of African Americans voiced themselves through literary and musical culture during the years that followed World War I, which started in the year 1914 and ended around 1919, in the Harlem area of New York City (Stevenson). Having a solid adoration for black literature and the arts have provided me with the motivation needed to write this research paper on the topic of the Harlem Renaissance. This topic is not only historical, but it is also a creative

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    In 1920, there was a new movement beginning called the Harlem Renaissance. After World War I, many blacks migrated from the south to up to the north to places like Chicago, Detroit and New York. The people in Harlem felt the racial pride and this caught the attention of many musicians, writers, and artist. The Harlem Renaissance period lasted from 1920 to around 1935. Even though this period was short, it still lives on though all African American artists today. According to Biography.com in the

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    African Americans from the South to the urban North (“The Harlem Renaissance”, N.p, N.d) . Many of these African Americans realized they had many things in common according to the past history and the present. Their cultures was revived, known as the Harlem Renaissance. In the early 1920’s, African American progressed as actors, musicians, literature, fighting for rights,and the great depression ending the Harlem Renaissance The largest Renaissance were writers, actors, and musicians that made new African

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    and influential times in history for African Americans(“Harlem Stomp” , by Laban Carrick Hill,(2)). This movement was forever known in history as the Harlem Renaissance. What made this stand out was how music, poetry, art, style and culture could make the colored community burst out the once tightly sealed closet. Important leaders of this cultural hotbed in “Black Bohemia”, or Harlem, New York was Langston Hughes and Jessie Fauset(“Harlem Stomp” by Alban Carrick Hill, 33). Hughes and Faucet, were

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    The Harlem Renaissance, originally called the New Negro Movement, was a movement that shook the 1920’s in the United States of America. The Harlem Renaissance spanned between the years of 1918 all the way to the mid 1930’s. This movement was a movement of the arts. It has been said that this time period was a rebirth to the African American arts. The Harlem Renaissance is an extremely important piece of history for America. The Harlem Renaissance took place soon after the “Great Migration.”At this

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    Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance The Harlem renaissance is an artistic revolutionary period that took place between 1917 and 1937. This was after the First World War. Harlem was a district in New York. The Harlem renaissance impacted the social, cultural as well as artistic aspects of the black community. Many black people were encouraged to flee the southern sides where the caste system continued to oppress the black people. At this period, racial inequalities as well as other social injustices

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