Music And The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance was created for the simple purpose of letting African Americans express themselves through music, art, and poetry. At the time, African Americans weren’t violent in any nature, as they were prone to use art and music as their weapon to stand their ground and show the world the beautiful things they can create to overcome the hatred. But how did music and art keep the Harlem Renaissance alive for so long? Was it the culture and foundation? Or was it leading the world into a new era that it became so popular? Some people may never know the real reason for the Harlem Renaissance's success, but maybe they can come up with their own theory as to how the Harlem Renaissance influenced the art and music world today. As far as …show more content…
Paul and elsewhere in the Mississippi River--bordering state of Minnesota took courage and cheer and inspiration from the artistic and literary activities centered in Harlem, they also found their colleagues from the East Coast too parochial, too unconcerned with the impact of art on society, too urban-centered, too pessimistic for Upper Midwest test. The Harlem Renaissance Emerged as the first concerted African American artistic movement. Once it started, it seemed as though everyone was doing it. Some took on art, others took on poetry, and the rest, of course, found music for motivation. To see such a large population of people moving towards the same goal in life with such exaltation must have been a wonderful sight to see. With all of the beautiful things happening in Harlem, it was heartbreaking to know that the Harlem Renaissance was ending so quickly because of the segregation between the whites and blacks. As this scene started to unfold, African Americans became more violent towards their caucasian neighbors, but this didn’t happen overnight. This happened over the span of a couple years. Without music, art, and poetry to keep them going, they turned to crime and gangs to get what they wanted, but it wasn’t always so …show more content…
There were many other fantastic people from that era, but these names stand out almost instantly to the right people. “The influx of blacks into Harlem was not new, but simply the most recent historical iteration of the infiltration of immigrants into native populations of cities like New York City and Philadelphia” said Du