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The Struggle Through the Times The Harlem Renaissance

The Struggle Through the Times The Harlem Renaissance was a time of great change It was a time of rebirth a time of cultural pride In the 1890s many African Americans were pushed out from the south and up to the north This was primarily due to the fact that the Jim Crow laws and White Supremacy in the South Even with this move to the north and having left the ways of slavery and white supremacy left behind them they were not entirely welcomed Nor were they entirely free Many northerners did not like the fact that so many African Americans had moved there as a part of The Great Migration This way of life and this treatment of the African American population is very much evident in the art music and literature of the time and for years to come afterwards One of the most influential musicians was Louis Armstrong and his influential Jazz music Langston Hughes also followed this influence of Jazz within his poetic rhythmic meter And In staying with the influence of Jazz Romare Bearden was a great influence to the movement through the depiction of Jazz in his art 4

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