The Harlem Renaissance all started from the Great Migration. The Great Migration was when all the African Americans moved North in search for jobs. The time period of Harlem Renaissance was from the 1920s to the 1930s. It brought us African American culture, including music, art, and writing. It also changed the image of African Americans.

Jazz: the famous Harlem Renaissance music.  Jazz music is an exciting type of music. It is  not a dark and sad type of music. It often is played with trumpets or saxophones. Jazz is also improvised. It brought joy to America. Jazz was played at the Cotton Club and on the streets. The Cotton Club was a well known club because of the African American music played there. Although African Americans only could work or perform there. That club started many other clubs to open up in the north. Some of the popular black musicians rose such as Billie Holiday, William Henry Webb, and Louis Armstrong.

Art and writing were also a big part of the Harlem Renaissance. African American art and writing was a big part of showing African American culture. It is well known today. Langston Hughes was a famous poet and his work is still read today. including one of his famous poems “Dreams”. African Americans often wrote about what it was like to be an African American in America. The art often was about their culture or what they felt like during the time. A very famous African American artist name was Palmer Hayden; he made many art pieces.

All this culture changed the minds of many people and made them think differently about African Americans. Before people thought black people should be treated poorly. But now they thought of them as musicians, artists, and writers. Because of the Harlem Renaissance African Americans started an organization called N.A.A.C.P. the N.A.A.C.P is a group of African American artist, writers, and musicians. The N.A.A.C.P had half a million people and they all worked for civil rights of African Americans.

Sadly it all ended with the Great Depression. All though the Harlem Renaissance did give people a good impression on African American. The  jazz, poetry, writing, and art was all brought to us because of the Harlem Renaissance.