Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance was a movement to express themselves by the African Americans, who had migrated to better and freer conditions in New York. Much of the literature and art depicted the typical rural life of the old generation of African Americans. They used imagery to describe the conditions of their lives. Poetry hailed the larger black figures and accented the racism of whites. One popular form of poetry was jazz poetry which had a rythym like jazz and dealt with black problems.

Authors:

Langston Hughes
WEB DuBois
Countee Cullen
Claude McKay

Poem:

"I, Too" by Langston Hughes