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             After this 15 year Renaissance ended to one of history's worst and most recent depressions, something was achieved. All of this hard work, changings, and revolutions didn't end in vain. It proved to people of all races that people of all races are equal. At this time period, blacks were thought to be nothing. The whites believed that the blacks were a lesser race and couldn't be as good as them. This time period proved them wrong, All of America, including whites, fell in love with black bands, poets, singers, and writers. It proved that not one race was superior to the other and helped blacks gain equality in later years.



Citations: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_harlem.html
 
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmharlem1.html

http://www.iniva.org/harlem/hren.html

Famous People

          There were many famous people that led the Harlem Renaissance. There were musicians changing the music, poets changing the styles, and writers changing the ideas. The musical part of the renaissance was led by trumpeter Louis Armstrong, Chick Webb, Billie Holiday and many more upbeat young icons. These men and women changed the music from the slow blues era to the jazz era. The poet-ism part of the movement was led by Sterling Brown, Claude McKay, and Sterling Brown. These men all had unique ideas towards life, death, religion and aspects otherwise unknown and unspoken in the renaissance. The writers of this era include Zora Hurston, Richard Wright, Countee Cullen, and more. These writers also spread over the genres and gained popularity with their new and eccentric writing styles.     

Citations:
http://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/BlackHistoryMonth/bhm2010.html
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/9intro.html
http://www.jcu.edu/harlem/literature/page_1.htm

Setting

         The Harlem Renaissance took place in the 1920's and 30's. It was an African American movement that was mainly in the big northern cities. Above all, it took place in a small section of New York City, Harlem. The time period and setting of this renaissance was no coincidence. It started only 50 years after slavery was ended America. Although it ended, it ended with force, so many African Americans took refuge in the more sympathetic northern states. Also, during this time, blacks were being segregated and thought of as lesser human beings than whites. Many popular black icons wanted to prove themselves and started revolutionizing works of art and the styles with these arts. The beginning started after world war one, and the end went along with many other businesses and jobs during the great depression.

Citations:   http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?divid=diaspora      

   http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129827444  

   http://www.pbs.org/jazz/places/faces_migration.htm