Question

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

Answer 1

The Harlem Renaissance was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place inHarlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s. During this period Harlem was a cultural center, drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars.

Answer 2

The Harlem Renaissance was a period in the American culture, between the World War I and the 1930's, where Harlem became a place of cultural, social, political, artistic explosion.

In general, this was a Renaissance for the black people of the United States. In this period, black artists, musicians, scholars, flooded in Harlem, expressing themselves, but also showing the American and the World public the the African-Americans are people that are on a much higher cultural level than what is the general perception about them.

This also led to the promotion of lot of African-Americans in pretty much all spheres of life, and introduced them to the public and let them express themselves.