Question

Explain what the Harlem Renaissance was and its importance to African American Studies, Black History, and the identity of African American culture. Your answer must be thorough and a minimum of 6-9 sentences.

Answer 1

Answer:

The northern Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem was meant to be an upper-class white neighborhood in the 1880s, but rapid overdevelopment led to empty buildings and desperate landlords seeking to fill them.

In the early 1900s, a few middle-class Black families from another neighborhood known as Black Bohemia moved to Harlem, and other Black families followed. Some white residents initially fought to keep African Americans out of the area, but failing that many whites eventually fled.

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