Though this golden age lasted less than 20 years, its legacy has lived on for decades.
Harlem became a destination for African Americans of all backgrounds.
Writing
W. E. B. Hughes was a pioneer ofjazz poetry, which translates the distinctive sound of jazz into lyrical written works.
UNIA parade in Harlem, 1920 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
Notable pieces by Hughes include Dreams, The Weary Blues, and Words Like Freedom.
Instead of long, traditional skirts, women woredrop-waisted dressesand flashy accessories like feather boas and egret-trimmed berets.
Music
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The Harlem Renaissance emerged when theJazz Agewas in full swing.
Jacob Lawrence, Panel 40 (“Great Numbers”) from the “Migration Series,” 1940-1941 (Photo:Ron CogswellviaFlickr[Public Domain])
She ended her speech by reading from the Langston Hughes poem, Dreams.
Photograph of students in a free art class at the Harlem Community Art Center, 290 Lenox Avenue, New York City (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
Aaron Douglas, “Aspirations,” 1936 (Photo:Wiki Art[Fair Use])
W. E. B. Du Bois, 1918 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
First Issue of “The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races,” November 1910 (Photo:Wiki Art[Fair Use])
A bronze plaque in New York City (Photo:Stock Photosfrom Oleg Anisimov/Shutterstock)
Alain LeRoy Locke, c. 1907 (Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
Three African American women in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance, c. 1925 (Photo viaWikimedia Commons[CC BY-SA 4.0])
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A mosaic in Harlem (Photo:ShellySviaFlickr[CC BY-NC-SA 2.0])
