The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the “New Negro Movement,” was a period of time between the 1917 and the 1935 where the African-American community came together to celebrate culture. Many African-Americans who had lived in the south had migrated to the North, known as the Great Migration, to escape harsh segregation laws and to encounter more job opportunities. Harlem was used as a cultural center that drew many black writers and musicians, which commenced the start of the Harlem Renaissance.
