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What was the Harlem Rennaissance ?

What was the Harlem Rennaissance ?. Why did it happen?. According to W.E.B. Dubois.

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What was the Harlem Rennaissance ?

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  1. What was the Harlem Rennaissance? Why did it happen?

  2. According to W.E.B. Dubois “We have a right, in our effort to get just treatment, to insist that we produce something of the best in human character and that it is unfair to judge us by our criminals and prostitutes. This is justifiable propaganda.” [The Crisis, 21 (June 1921), 55–56]

  3. According to Webster’s Dictionary So Harlem + Renaissance = ? Har·lem - geographical name \ˈhär-ləm\ :section of New York City in N Manhattan bordering on Harlem & East rivers. A black residential and commercial area by World War I. re·nais·sance - \ˌre-nə-ˈsän(t)s, -ˈzän(t)s, -ˈsäⁿs, -ˈzäⁿs :a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity

  4. Contributing Factors to the Harlem Rennaissance • Wages • Education • Real estate • Access to jobs • Skilled labor • In human crimes • Lynching • 18th Amendment • Not enforced • More equal rights • Racism was put on trial • Black politicians • Cotton Club • Lack of educational • in the south. • Musicians. • Black associations • Anti lynching laws • Negro baseball leagues • White criticism of society • Less de jure segregation • Everyday struggles in south

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