Harlem Renaissance

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This renaissance of African-American creativity was as centered on the visual arts as it was on literature and poetry. It was also as much an artistic movement as it was a revolt against racism and a celebration of the African-American culture.</div> <bR> <div> Urban migration by African-Americans, combined with the emergence of radical black intellectuals, such as W.E.B Du Bois, Alain Leroy Locke and Marcus Garvey, all helped to create an environment in 1920's Harlem that nurtured the evolution and growth of the Harlem Renaissance. This period helped to create the poetry of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Houston, while also developing the talents of painters such as William H. Johnson and Jacob Lawrence.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="166"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="267" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="166" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="artmovements.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Art Movements"><U><B>Back to Art Movements</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="surrealism.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Surrealism"><U><B>Next Page</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="bauhaus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bauhaus"><U><B>Previous Page</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>