It began in the early 1920's where African American literature, art, music, and dance began to flourish in Harlem, a neighboorhood in New York City. This African American cultural movement became known as the "The New Negro Movement" and later was called the Harlem Renaissance. ... Black owned magazines and newspapers flourished, freeing African Americans from the influences of the white society. ... The literature appealed to the African American middle class and to the white book buying public. ... Langston Hughes once said "The ordinary Negro hasn't heard of the Negro Renaissance....

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However, such issues as the relationship between the Harlem Renaissance and mainstream American culture, especially the relationship between African-American literature and white American culture and how white people have influenced the Harlem Renaissance have not been explored into. ... Across the culture spectrum (literature, drama, music, visual art, dance) and also in the realm of social thought (sociology, historiography, philosophy), artists and intellectuals found a new way to explore the historical experiences of black America. ... From the article The Caucasian storms Harlem written b...

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