A uniquely American art form, jazz traced its birth to a combination of ragtime, marching band music, and the blues. " The spontaneity and excitement of the music produced by black artists 'riffing' on old blues and classical themes found a ready outlet in the New York of the post-war era."... With art by the James Van der Zee and Aaron Douglas, Harlem became the focal point for a vibrant new life of the mind and spirit of the "New Negro" in those exciting days between World War I and the beginning of the Great Depression. ... The Harlem Renaissance changed forever the dynamics of ...

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Everyone was in depression because of the war, but this was used to cheer people up. ... The term "African American Literature" is understood by most as Sub-Saharan (East and West) Africa. The primary source of language for this literature is European not Africa, which is also known as radical anomaly. African participants in colonial administrations in Africa began producing written works of literature in European languages. ... This was a big era, in which African Americans celebrated their culture and enjoyed the unique experience of being looked up at. ...

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Variously known as the New Negro movement, the New Negro Renaissance, and the Negro Renaissance; the movement emerged toward the end of World War I in 1918, blossomed in the mid- to late 1920s, and then faded in the mid-1930s with the beginning of the Great Depression. ... Literature of the Harlem Renaissance In the early 1920s, three works signaled the new creative African American energy in literature. ... His efforts to debunk race-based myths of the inherent intellectual, social, and spiritual inferiority of African-Americans that emerged in the post Reconstruction era are thought to ...

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In the early 1900s, particularly in the 1920s, African-American literature, art, music, dance, and social commentary began to flourish in Harlem, a section of New York City. ... Jazz was an influential addition to music during this era. ... The Great Depression caused the Harlem group of writers and entertainers to scatter; many were forced to leave New York or to take other jobs to tide them over the hard times....

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