- Was a culture movement that spanned throughout the 1920's.
- Also known as the "Negro Movement".
- It was centered in Harlem, New York
- The majority of Harlem residents are African American
- The renaissance was influenced by all sorts of black writers from places around the world, such as Paris
- The African Americans had been enslaved and even after slavery ended, were treated unfairly.
- Harlem is a very culture filled place.
- Harlem started out as a smaller black community, but then attracted more to come and join, making it almost only African Americans in Harlem
- Many thought that they could not simply erase their past and start a new future, and criticized it greatly.
- The Harlem Renaissance gave white Americans a new view on African Americans.
Zora Neale Hurston
- Had a very famous quote, "Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me."
- Best known for her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
- She was born in Alabama and died at the age of 69
- Her father was a preacher and she was 1 of 8 kids in the family.
- She was well educated and became the only black woman at her college.
- She became one of the lead writers towards the Harlem Renaissance movement
Langston Hughes
- Along with Zora, was a lead writer towards the Harlem Renaissance
- Was well known for his new and innovative type of poetry, jazz poetry.
- He was born in Missouri and died at the age of 65
- He did not have the strongest relationship with his family, especially with his father
- He died due to prostate cancer in 1967
Alain LeRoy Locke
- Alain was known as the "Dean of the Renaissance"
- He was born in Pennsylvania and died at the age of 68
- He was the first African American Rhodes Scholar
- Was a member of the Baha'i faith
- One of his greatest works for the Harlem Rennaisance was known as the, Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro
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