The Harlem Renaissance- a beautiful name, catchy title so suiting
for the beauty and creativity of black people. In the 1920s, African American
literature, art, music, dance and social commentary began to grow in the
Harlem area of New York. So that’s what I call the beautiful and classic
sophisticated era.
Blacks began to settle in Harlem New York, which developed into a political and
cultural center of black America. Marcus Garvey’s movement “Back to Africa”
inspired racial pride in blacks. In the performing arts area, black musical
theater showcases songwriter Bob Cole and composer J Rosamond JOhnson,
brother of writer James Weldon JOhnson. Jazz as well as blues music moved
with black populations from the SOuth and the MIdwest to the bars and
cabarets of Harlem. Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poetry and Charles W. Chestnutt’s
fiction were the earliest works of blacks to receive national recognition. Information found here: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761566483
For Jazz poetry and black art the site is:
