Facts about Harlem Renaissance Movement

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   A major publishing catalyst for the Harlem Renaissance Movement was The Crisis magazine, edited by W.E.B. Du Bois, which regularly featured Black writers and artists.

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   Jazz and blues music performed at Harlem venues like the Cotton Club became a signature soundtrack of the Harlem Renaissance Movement.

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   During the Harlem Renaissance Movement, visual artists like Aaron Douglas blended African artistic traditions with modernist styles to create a distinctly Black American aesthetic.

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   Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Claude McKay were among the defining literary voices of the Harlem Renaissance Movement.

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   The Harlem Renaissance flourished primarily during the 1920s and 1930s, centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.

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