Harlem is Copying Europe!

The Harlem Renaissance

Everyone has heard of the European Renaissance, right? But do they know about the Harlem Renaissance? The Harlem Renaissance was a time period between 1920s-1930s where creativity and arts in New York flourished. It was after the World War 1 when huge groups of African Americans moved from the countryside to the urban cities. At first, the movement was called the "New Negro Movement" where people had literary discussions among themselves in Manhattan, but it later was renamed into the "Harlem Renaissance". The Harlem "Rebirth" brought imagination into writing, art, and music with additions of African American heritage.

Alain Locke brought together works of famous writers like Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, and Anne Spencer (only few of the many) during the Harlem Renaissance and named the book The New Negro.