The Harlem Renaissance ESSAY

The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance was a very important time for African Americans throughout the twentieth century. It was known as the literarymovement but literature was not the only influential part. There was also music, theater and art. The Harlem Renaissancecarried many names such as, the New Negro Renaissance, the New Negro Movement, and the Jazz age. This was a time when African Americans could express their feelings, things that were going on around them, and tell their story through the use of writing or other material. African Americans moved north to New York, Harlem, and other  surrounding areas to get away from hate crimes and groups like the KKK and also due to them losing all their crops. Harlem got a lot of the black people during the Great Migration and they were forced to live in run down cities due to white people not excepting them. It did not stop them from making the best of the situation they were in and they had celebrations   and white people even came down to Harlem to watch them play their music and to watch shows that they put on. African Americans were worried about death, keeping their freedom and loving their god.