The Harlem Folk Art Movement

In Harlem around 1910 and 1930 over a million Black African Americans moved out of all south to northern cities to try to escape racism and discrimination. The movement was called the great migration everybody wanted to live as equal and not to be describe as a “black”. After moving out the south to northern cities, to leave racial pronouns and discrimination behind so blacks got smart suck as poets they created high art and folk art this way to prove to everybody that we were way more than just black, to show that we were way more than just black, to show that we were smart and outgoing and had a sense of mind. These African Americans created folk art this was their opportunity to escape discrimination and racism. They wanted to be look at …show more content…
Harlem renaissance society was crazy back then in Harlem New York, nearly about a million people enjoyed literature, music, theater, and also painting that was a form of society and what Harlem people enjoyed. Still between the 1910 and 1930 people move to get away from racial discrimination this was called the big movement of the south the great migration people wanted more out of life to just be judge by the color of their skin. Equals high art was very popular until they learned European masters had the same skill and knowledge , so folk art was created this was different this was the celebration of being black and pride, but as Harlem this was a great experience for the black community to have something to live for and enjoy. This is something that Harlem enjoyed so much this gave them a sense of humor to show to the whites they were important. In my personal opinion I feel as if folk art was the best art because it shows how blacks celebrated themselves and was happy about their skin color its like nothing defined them ot nobody could take away their identity when it came to folk art, the picture were beautiful and it gave the whites a reason to be mad or discourage. Society was very important thing back