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  1. The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. [1] At the time, it was known as the " New Negro Movement ", named after The New Negro, a 1925 anthology edited ...

  2. The literary aspect of the Harlem Renaissance is said to have begun with a dinner at the Civic Club celebrating African American writers. The likes of Countee Cullen and W.E.B. DuBois mingled with members of the white literary establishment, and doors opened: editor and critic Alain Locke was offered the chance to create an issue of the magazine Survey Graphic on “Harlem: Mecca of the New ...

  3. The museum catches up to the vital lessons of the Harlem Renaissance, with its American, European and African exchanges and its cultural solidarity. By Holland Cotter. Karsten Moran for The New ...

  4. Some of the major causes and effects of the Harlem Renaissance. This landmark African American cultural movement was led by such prominent figures as James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Jean Toomer, Arna Bontemps, and others.

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  6. The Harlem Renaissance: Origins, Influences, and Currents. By The Wolfsonian–Florida International University. “… let’s sing it, dance it, write it, paint it.”. When artist Aaron Douglas wrote these words to Langston Hughes in 1925, he. captured the collaborative, creative energy of the Harlem Renaissance. This exhibition, co ...

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