USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Harlem Renaissance was the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th Century and the subsequent social and artistic explosion that resulted.

Detailed explanation-2: -And by the 1920s, many of the African Americans who arrived in New York City had settled in Harlem, a formerly all-white neighborhood in Manhattan.

Detailed explanation-3: -African American culture thrived. In fact, so stark was the contrast between the atmosphere of the U.S. and that of Paris in the 1920s, despite the effort and expense of the journey, for many African American artists the decision to move to Paris was easy.

Detailed explanation-4: -In New York City, African Americans flocked to the city’s Harlem neighborhood – sowing the seeds for what would come to be known as the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural, social, and artistic revolution that flourished in the 1920s.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Harlem Renaissance was a period of rich cross-disciplinary artistic and cultural activity among African Americans between the end of World War I (1917) and the onset of the Great Depression and lead up to World War II (the 1930s).