I remember him saying how much his life has changed for the better since he moved to New York. ... Although New York wasn't perfect for him it was better then the South. ... The black migration to New York City and other Northern cities was characterized by "push" and "pull" factors. ... By the mid to late 1920's, the Harlem Renaissance was in full swing in New York City. ... Harlem became a fad for middle class, whit, New York. ...

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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. ... The movement centered in the vast black ghetto of Harlem, in New York City, where aspiring black artists, writers, and musicians gathered, sharing their experiences and provided encouragement to each other. ... 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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This competition has led the minorities living in such bad neighborhoods, such as the streets of Spanish Harlem, to search for respect and dignity while the American Society is doing the opposite, segregating and separating them from the rest of the society causing ghettoization to take place. ... The amount of Puerto Ricans that immigrated to New York from Puerto Rico was overwhelming. ... New York City compared to East Harlem is distinct even though it is part of New York. East Harlem throughout history has been known to be as one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York. ... The condit...

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The Harlem Renaissance was an African American cultural movement of the late 1920s and early 1930s that was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. ... As more and more educated and socially conscious blacks settled in New York's neighborhood of Harlem, it developed into the political and cultural center of black America. "In the history of New York, the significance of the name Harlem has changed from Dutch to Irish to Jewish to Negro (Johnson, 1925)."" ... Driven by the charismatic zeal of Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican who had migrated to New York, captured the grass-roots ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate