THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE.

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  • Author(s): Robinson, Lisa Clayton
  • Source:
    Footsteps. Mar/Apr2004, Vol. 6 Issue 2, p14-17. 4p. 1 Color Photograph, 3 Black and White Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      HUGHES, Langston, 1902-1967; DU Bois, W. E. B., 1868-1963; GARVEY, Marcus, 1887-1940; BLACK people
    • Subject Terms:
      HARLEM (New York, N.Y.); NEW York (N.Y.); UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      When the famous poet, Langston Hughes first went to Harlem as a young college student in 1921, he found a neighborhood, a city, and a people in the middle of exciting social change. Soon, the area became a popular neighborhood for New York's growing black middle and upper-middle class, many of whom had just recently moved to New York from the South, the Midwest, and the Caribbean. Black leaders, including W. E. B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey, often spoke to large audiences in Harlem about the problems black people faced in the U.S. and the need for them to be proud of themselves and other black people's accomplishments. At the same time, black artists were beginning to think deeply about how black people could create literature, art, and music that acknowledged their place in American culture, but still reflected their black, southern, or even African roots.