THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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to highlight or present
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Detailed explanation-1: -Black culture refers to: Culture of Africa. African-American culture. The culture of black communities in other parts of the world, see Black people.
Detailed explanation-2: -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).
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: -The development of Harlem and the art that exploded out of it were a direct result of the Great Migration, including poet Langston Hughes, singer Florence Mills and dancer Bill Robinson. Born in Kansas in 1899, New York was a pit stop in his move north, and intending to eventually move to Europe.