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What Events Led To Harlem Renaissance

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What events led to the Harlem Renaissance? The immigration stop caused by World War I caused a high demand for labor which became another factor that motivated African Americans to trek North, making Harlem more and more diverse. More educated and socially conscious African Americans settled, Harlem blossomed into the political and cultural center of black America as a whole (Encyclopedia.com). This sudden increase of racial diversity conjured up racial conflict, and in 1915, the Ku Klux Klan had emerged with membership at its peak. In 1909 the NAACP (the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was established increasing political awareness within the African American population. Still considered “minorities”, African
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