What was a lasting impact of African American art, literature, and music created during the Harlem Renaissance?
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Explanation:
Harlem Renaissance, a blossoming (c. 1918–37) of African American culture, particularly in the creative arts, and the most influential movement in African American literary history. Embracing literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts, participants sought to reconceptualize “the Negro” apart from the white stereotypes that had influenced Black peoples’ relationship to their heritage and to each other. They also sought to break free of Victorian moral values and bourgeois shame about aspects of their lives that might, as seen by whites, reinforce racist beliefs. Never dominated by a particular school of thought but rather characterized by intense debate, the movement laid the groundwork for all later African American literature and had an enormous impact on subsequent Black literature and consciousness worldwide. While the renaissance was not confined to the Harlem district of New York City, Harlem attracted a remarkable concentration of intellect and talent and served as the symbolic capital of this cultural awakening.
Harlem Renaissance
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DATE
c. 1918 - 1937
LOCATION
Harlem
New York
New York City
United States
CAUSES
Growth in black populations in the North as a result of the early years of the Great Migration
Popularity of Pan-Africanism among influential African American thinkers such as W.E.B. Du Bois
Rising rates of literacy, particularly among Northern blacks
The emergence of national organizations, such as the NAACP, dedicated to African American civil