Harlem Renaissance Research!

The Harlem Renaissance took place from 1919 to the mid 1930’s. Though the movement may have ended in the 1930’s its ideas and impact on the lives of African Americans still live on today. The whole movement was based in the Harlem neighborhood in New York City. The Harlem Renaissance was not just a new way of thinking for African Americans but also a new way for them to express themselves through art. These art forms include writing, poetry, painting, photography, music, and drama. These artists did not agree with the European and White American life style. They went back to their African roots and diverged away from the white way of living. During the Harlem Renaissance African Americans celebrated black culture that came from slavery and their roots of Africa.
The most famous poets of the Harlem Renaissance are Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, James Weldon Johnson, and Paul Laurence Dunbar. Their poetry was greatly influenced by the roots from Africa and slavery. The beat of their poems were also greatly influenced by Jazz music which became big during the Harlem Renaissance. Other influences of poems from the Harlem Renaissance are racism, stereotypes, racial segregation, and integration.
T he Harlem renaissance was a way for African Americans to establish themselves in a dominant white culture. It was a way for them to express themselves through various types of art forms and to create their own identities in a society that was mostly one sided.