<em>The writer that contributed to the Harlem Renaissance was Zora Neale Hurston</em>
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), was an African American writer and civil rights supported that contributed to the period known as the Harlem Renaissance with important novels such as "Sweat" and "Her Eyes were Watching God." Hurston was an important part of the Harlem Renaissance and was a friend of key figures of the Harlem Renaissance such as Countee Collen and Lanston Hughes.
In the Age of New Imperialism that began in the 1870s, European states established vast empires mainly in Africa, but also in Asia and the Middle East.
