During the 1930s, the intellectual, literary, and artistic movement known as the Harlem Renaissance kindled a new black cultural identity. The encouraging movement expressed the pride and motivated numerous African Americans to celebrate their culture through literature and art. During this period, musicians, writers, and artists highly depicted the black culture and brought a new sense of its traditions. This magnificent movement was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City and also marked the first time that the white population acknowledged the literature of the African Americans. During this movement, group of talented black writers produced an extensive recognizable body of literature in the three outstanding categories of
