Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement started
at the end of World War I, but only began to get recognized around 1924. The
Harlem Renaissance was made up of chiefly writers and was considered a
phenomenon. This movement started at a time when racism was still at large.
African Americans had to deal with the KKK and other racial prejudices in
society. The Harlem Renaissance was significant because it was the first time
African Americans expressed their views on racism and their self-love for one
another, using lyrical styles that was never seen before in African American
writing. Two of the most prominent poets of the time were Arna Bontemps and
Langston Hughes.

The Harlem Renaissance happened fifty seven years after the Emancipation
Proclamation. Previously, African Americans didn’t have much education or a
chance to make their mark in the literary world. They didn’t have much of a
chance because they were still looked upon as ...