During the early 1920’s to late 1930’s many new poets, writers, and musicians came out of Harlem. This event was called the Harlem Renaissance. It was fueled by white’s fascination with African American literature, since it was a foreign concept to most white’s at the time. The literature that came out of Harlem was primarily focused on a real portrayal of life in the black community and the everyday struggles they had to face.
The sudden outburst of culture coming out of Harlem wasn’t meant to be a civil rights movement, some people thought the portrayal of accurate day to day life of an African American would push back the movement for equality. I think that it would help the need for equality since now the white community could truly imagine the harsh realities of living in the black community in the 1920’s.
Contrary to popular belief, jazz was not an outcome of the Harlem Renaissance since it was going on in another region. This movement mainly included poetry and writings, yet it had a huge impact in society then and now as well.
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/harlem-renaissance
millnooor • Sep 25, 2015 at 12:50 pm
So did the white poets, writers, and musicians get amusement out of the life black people had to live or were they sympathizing for them? i wonder if the whites could imagine what being black in the twenties was like when they would hear and read what these people wrote about them?
Jackie • Jun 3, 2015 at 8:38 am
In my opinion the Harlem Renaissance is a wonderful stage in the 1920’s. I wish this stage was still here and this music was still famous and not all these crazy songs going on right now.