The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that celebrated african american culture through music, art and social reconstruction. It took place during the early 20th century to the 1930s in Harlem, New York, which was previously an upper-middle class suburb that was mostly white, but due to the wave of european immigrants in the late 19th century, the white upper class group left Harlem and went further north. Harlem became a destination for immigrants all around the country, and became an African American neighborhood in the early 1900s. African Americans immigrated to Harlem from
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that celebrated african american culture through music, art and social reconstruction. It took place during the early 20th century to the 1930s in Harlem, New York, which was previously an upper-middle class suburb that was mostly white, but due to the wave of european immigrants in the late 19th century, the white upper class group left Harlem and went further north. Harlem became a destination for immigrants all around the country, and became an African American neighborhood in the early 1900s. African Americans immigrated to Harlem from