Harlem Renaissance
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- Harlem was an area of New York designed to be upper class living for white people. However, too many apartments were made, and many were vacant. Black people began moving into Harlem as part of the Great Migration.
- Authors like W. E. B. DuBois began to write about their culture in order to give credit to the black people that came up with it. Writing in the Harlem Renaissance included poetry, and novels by writers such as Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and James Weldon Johnson.
- In Harlem, African Americans became business owners, ran publishing companies, and other companies. Their works became known and popular among even white audiences.
- The Cotton Club was the most successful club in Harlem, where black jazz musicians performed for black audiences, and later white audiences too when it was more popular. Musicians included Louis Armstrong and Cab Calloway
- With the stock market crash of 1929, many black people fell into poverty, and as a result, businesses had to close. This marked the end of the Harlem Renaissance.
- The Harlem Renaissance was a period of recognition and growth for African Americans. They provided influences for writing and music, most notably jazz music. The musicians, artists and intellectuals became known and accepted, not only among other African AMericans, but by people of other races. The period boosted their equality and prosperity.
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