Essay On Harlem Renaissance

Harlem was a place for all types of races. It never really mattered who you were or where you came from because in Harlem, there were all types of races. There were African Americans, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Germans, Italians races that coexisted and kind of created a melding pot of different cultures. Despite all this “Harlem is known internationally as as the Black Mecca of the world” (Harlem). Harlem was one of the main contributors to the push of Civil Rights. A series of “Religious and political leaders articulated the sentiments of the masses from street corners and pulpits throughout the community,” which essentially precipitated support for the Civil Rights Movement and essentially equality (Harlem). Harlem was the place that gave black culture powerful meaning and also helped pushed for the civil rights that the White Americans always chastised African Americans for wanting.

Things like the “Harlem Renaissance” and “Jazz” became incredibly popular and spread across the country like wildfire. Many African Americans “poured into Harlem from points in lower Manhattan, the American South and the Caribbean. “Harlem Renaissance figures such as Langston Hughes, Aaron Douglas, Alain Locke and others” (Harlem). Their art was a way to show that blacks were intelligent beings as well as capable beings who are not only NOT lesser than white or any other races, but equal. This idea was essentially their message and was played over and over in songs, poems, and drawings. These messages were so deeply embedded into the American culture that white people even started to enjoy it. Many of the younger generations who grew rebellious and broke away from the white supremacy ideal sought many of the black culture ideas. Many of these new white generation that came in found themselves enthralled by the concept of Harlem and all the artists pleading for a change in racial