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The Harlem Renaissance contributed poetry, art, and jazz to American culture.
It was a revival of African American culture, art, and literature which took place in Harlem.
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a rebirth and in some ways an establishment of African American culture. It gave African American writers, artists, and thinkers a voice and a space in American history.
New York city... hence Harlem renaissance.
Langston Hughes was a prominent American author who was part of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. His poetry and writing celebrated African American culture and advocated for social justice.
Bumpy Johnson was alive and in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance years. BUT he did not contribute to the rebirth of African American Culture through the arts, music and literature. So, he was "around" it but not "in" it.
Alain LeRoy Locke was a writer and a teacher, and is occasionally referred to as "the Father of the Harlem Renaissance" due to his influence on art and literature in the African-American culture.
Harlem Renaissance
a flowering of African American culture in the 1920s when New York City's Harlem became an intellectual and cultural capital for African Americans; instilled interest in African American culture and pride in being an African American.
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The Harlem Renaissance influenced American society in several ways. Chief among these were the Great Migration and the spread of African American arts and culture.