How Did African-American Migration Contribute To The Development Of The Harlem Renaissance?

The Great Migration was about mostly former slaves who move from the south to northern cities, like New York and Chicago.This all started before World War I which was technically the first migration.This also took place during prohibitions . The migrations also led to the Harlem Renaissance. The Great Depression came in during the 30’s and that's when it ended the first wave of migration because everyone was suffering. The second wave of migration came in after the second world war.They mostly moved because of Jim Crow laws being too harsh on blacks during the early 1900’s till the early 60’s. They were barely making a living for themselves and they still didn’t really have the freedom that they wanted or expected from whites after slavery
Compared to the south which had a bad living environment . They all came to meet one goal to succeed up north where everything was better. Most came from different cultures but with these differences they came as together as one. This led to the harlem renaissance it stated that it started because “The main factors contributing to the development of the Harlem Renaissance were African-American urban migration, trends toward experimentation throughout the country and the rise of radical African-American intellectuals.”(The Five W's of the Harlem Renaissance by Tom. Ford). BY moving into harlem NYC and sharing new ideas , like art , music and more, The Harlem Renaissance or the negro movement became more popular till
Most people that left were young and wanted a future for themselves. Older black folks stayed behind because the journey was too long and some couldn't afford it. Most of the blacks traveled by using the train because it was like the only mean of transportation that was really cheap. After getting to Chicago or New York , it was not all that different from the south but a lot less segregation , and lot more freedom was given to the blacks . When Abraham Lincoln was president he basically banned slavery, by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation which states that “ I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons”. ( ushistory.org,).Then southerners started using jim crow laws to prohibit blacks from having the amount of freedom they deserved. There wasn’t Jim Crow laws in the north so that was a big difference to them. “White and colored races, by providing two or more passenger cars for each passenger train, or by dividing the cars by a partition, so as to secure separate accommodations.” (separate is not equal). How the south basically separated blacks and whites from doing anything together. Also how they