The+Harlem+Renaissance

=The Harlem Renaissance=

The Harlem Renaissance was a result of The Great Migration of 1910-1920. African Americans had moved (push) from the South to the North for a better life (pull). In the North there were more jobs, better paying jobs and better housing available. A majority of the African Americans settled in the larger cities like New York to work in the factories. Harlem is a neighborhood in the west-side of New York city. This area experienced a burst of cultural activity producing jazz, art, sculpture and poetry.

Renaissance means "rebirth" and this was a time of hope for African Americans. During this time African Americans exchanged ideas and experience that lead to a new form of music called jazz. Jazz is a combination of African rhythms, blues and ragtime. Musicians and poets would express the experiences of African Americans in their art forms. One of the place that these artist preformed was the Cotton Club in Harlem. African Americas preformed there but the audience was made up of only whites.