Harlem Renaissance

noun

1. a renewal and flourishing of Black literary and musical culture during the years after World War I in the Harlem section of New York City.

Harlem Renaissance

1. An African-American cultural movement of the 1920s and 1930s, centered in Harlem , that celebrated black traditions, the black voice, and black ways of life. Arna Bontemps, Langston Hughes , Zora Neale Hurston , James Weldon Johnson , Jean Toomer, and Dorothy West were some of the writers associated with the movement.

Example Sentences

Nella Larsen, an acclaimed Harlem Renaissance writer, and “Passing” languished in obscurity for decades, after the novel was published to critical acclaim.

From Washington Blade

I look to the jazz musicians and Harlem Renaissance poets a lot for inspiration.

From Fortune