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Maria Balshaw has written: 'Looking for Harlem' -- subject(s): African American aesthetics, African American authors, African Americans, African Americans in literature, American Aesthetics, American literature, Cities and towns in literature, City and town life in literature, Harlem Renaissance, History and criticism, In literature, Intellectual life
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They did the lindy hop and the west coast swing.
John Ernst Steinbeck was an American author of twenty-seven books he is best known for writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath. John Roderigo Dos Passos was a radical American novelist.
Alain LeRoy Locke was a writer and a teacher, and is occasionally referred to as "the Father of the Harlem Renaissance" due to his influence on art and literature in the African-American culture.
The Harlem Renaissance contributed poetry, art, and jazz to American culture.
It was a revival of African American culture, art, and literature which took place in Harlem.
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a rebirth and in some ways an establishment of African American culture. It gave African American writers, artists, and thinkers a voice and a space in American history.
Langston Hughes was a prominent American author who was part of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. His poetry and writing celebrated African American culture and advocated for social justice.
Bumpy Johnson was alive and in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance years. BUT he did not contribute to the rebirth of African American Culture through the arts, music and literature. So, he was "around" it but not "in" it.
They played basketball
Harlem Renaissance
a flowering of African American culture in the 1920s when New York City's Harlem became an intellectual and cultural capital for African Americans; instilled interest in African American culture and pride in being an African American.
culture
The Harlem Renaissance influenced American society in several ways. Chief among these were the Great Migration and the spread of African American arts and culture.