The Emergence Of Art And Culture During The Harlem Renaissance

1. Art, music and other creative avenues can be employed as a form of protest as this protest would penetrate the culture of the region in which it developed. Art and aesthetics such as visual arts, literature, auditory arts, performing arts and manuscripts, all of which were utilized in the Harlem Renaissance each contribute an essential component to culture. The art that was generated in the Harlem Renaissance was a means of transforming the culture of America to advocate and inject the ideas of interracial equality in a country wherein people of light color would hegemonize people of darker color. Prior to the Harlem Renaissance, American culture had consistently perpetuated racist ideals since the Triangular Trade but the 20's and 30's emerged cultural aspects that challenged these beliefs and promoted social diversity. Today, America is widely perceived as an amalgam of numerous differing

American society and culture has transformed vastly with respect to racial affairs and the perception of minority ethnic groups since slavery, a process in which the Harlem Renaissance contributed an instrumental role. According to the text, while slavery was abolished, racial equality had yet to be achieved with segregation and systematic racism still prominently remaining in areas of society, particularly in the South, thus portraying the Harlem Renaissance as a necessity for the pursuit of complete, multiracial egalitarianism. With the Harlem Renaissance, black identity increased and black culture became more commemorated, fostering a heightened sense of confidence and conviction in their attempts to equalize racial circumstances that manifested in the subsequent Civil Rights Movement. Furthermore, the Harlem Renaissance assembled a community of black intellectuals, facilitating the exchange of civil rights beliefs that disseminated throughout the country, providing a foundation for the endeavors to elevate black people to the position of the dominant