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Harlem Renaissance is one of the most prominent artistic trends of 20th century American history that affected music, art and literature to an extent of changing the American cultural setting. This period describes a revolution in 1920s in which African American musicians, artists, writers and philosophers attempted to promote the black culture and heritage within the American community. A trend that inclined towards a more political aggressiveness and self-confident perspective of identity and racial delight prompted the establishment of the idea of the ‘new negro’, essentially popularized by Alain Locke. The 1920s witnessed a progressive migration of the African Americans from the ...
