James VanDerZee tried to capture the strengths and hardships of African American people and portray them as positive, glamourous, prosperous, or sophisticated view during the Jim crow era.
<h3>What was the Jim crow era?</h3>
This was a period when the Jim Crow laws was passed after the Civil War which legalized a racial segregation especially between the whites and blacks.
An African American photographer called James Van Der Zee during the Harlem Renaissance depicted the lives of black New Yorkers for decades during the Jim crow era.
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