Harlem Renaissance?

Question

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Answer 1

The Harlem Renaissance was one of primarily African American involvement and an interpersonal support system of black patrons, black owned businesses and publications, and so on. But, on the periphery it was supported by a number of white Americans who through genuine altruistic generosity, paternalism, and perhaps a degree of liberal guilt provided various forms of assistance to these black artists and opened doors for them which otherwise would have remained closed to the publicizing of their work to a larger audience outside of the black American community. This support often took the form of being a patron, a publisher, or another artist of some variety. Then, there were those whites interested in so-called “primitive” cultures, as many whites viewed black American culture at that time and wanted to see this “primitivism” in the work coming out of the Harlem Renaissance. Other interpersonal dealings between whites and blacks can be categorized as exploitive because of the desire to capitalize on the “fad,” and “fascination” of the African American being in “vogue.” This vogue of the African American would extend to Broadway, as in Porgy and Bess, and into music where in many instances white band leaders would defy racist attitude to include the best and the brightest African American stars of music and song. For blacks, their art was a way to prove their humanity and demand for equality. For a number of whites, preconceived prejudices were challenged and overcome. In the early 20th century the Harlem Renaissance emerged social and intellectual changes in the African American community. An increase of education and employment opportunities had developed by the turn of the century and later followed the Civil War.

Contributions that lead to the rise of the Harlem Renaissance included the great migration of African Americans to the northern cities, World War I, and the Great Depression.

Also, this point in time marked the beginning of mainstream publishing. Many authors began to publish novels, magazines and newspapers during this time. Publishers began to attract a great amount of attention from the nation at large. Some famous authors during this time included Jean Toomer, Jessie Fauset, Claude McKay, Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson and Alain Locke.

The Harlem Renaissance would help lay the foundation of the Civil Rights Movement. Moreover, many black artists coming into their own creativity after this literary movement would take inspiration from it.

Answer 2

Langston Hughes Jean Toomer Claude McKay Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), Angelina W. Grimke (1880-1958), Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961), Anne Spencer (1882-1976), Claude McKay (1891-1948), Esther Popel (1896-1958), Sterling A. Brown (1901-1989), Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902-1981), Countee Cullen (1903-1946), Robert Hayden (1913-1980).