Harlem, New York a culturally rich and diverse community that thrived during the 1920’s. This culture rich community gave rise to plenty of important pieces of literature and music. Writers such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Claude McKay were at the forefront of the Harlem Renaissance along with music artists like Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and the great Louis Armstrong. Once the Harlem Renaissance passed there was an abundance of new writers and musicians that were coming out of the shadows of the predecessors. One of those writers was James Baldwin born and raised in Harlem, New York. Even though James Baldwin grew up during the Harlem Renaissance, absorbing this cultural movement would definitely have some creative impact
