History of the United States II / Unit 9 USH2 1229 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Harlem Renaissance
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The idea
Harlem became what James Weldon Johnson called the Culture Capital, home to the Harlem Renaissance and what was then termed the New Negro Movement.
In practice
Alain Locke's nineteen twenty-five book The New Negro.
Where people slip
Digital History calls the Renaissance the first self-conscious literary and artistic movement of its kind among African Americans. The Yawp ties it to race pride and wartime service.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- Nothing. This is a starting point.
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