THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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“In the Harlem scene, writers, actors, artists and musicians glorified African-American traditions. At the same time, they created new cultural forms.”
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“One of the most famous writers of the Harlem Renaissance was Langston Hughes. Hughes cast off the influences of white poets. Instead, he wrote in a style of blues and jazz.”
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“Other writers were important in the scene. Claude Mckay and Jean Toomer wrote plays, short stories and poems to capture the spirit of the times. Book publishers soon took notice and patronized many of these talents.”
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“Zora Neale Hurston was noticed quickly with her book “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Hurston used the music and stories that she collected as an anthropologist to write her stories, plays and books.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jean Toomer wrote plays and short stories, as well as poems, to capture the spirit of his times. Book publishers soon took notice and patronized many of these talents.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most importantly, the Harlem Renaissance instilled in African Americans across the country a new spirit of self-determination and pride, a new social consciousness, and a new commitment to political activism, all of which would provide a foundation for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Alongside their counterparts in art, music, theater and dance, these seven writers (along with others) eloquently demolished racist stereotypes, expressing pride in their African heritage and creating a new understanding of Black life and identity in the United States.