Harlem Renaissance

Beginning as a series of literary discussions in lower and upper Manhattan, which are sections of New York City, this African American movement was first know as "The New Negro Movement" and later identified as the Harlem Renaissance. The movement began toward the end of World War I in 1918, blossomed in the mid to late1920's, and began to fade in the mid 1930's. The Harlem Renaissance was a time when black and white Americans alike discovered the uniqueness of black art, music, and especially literature. The Harlem Renaissance marked the first time African American literature as well a…