Harlem Renaissance

An African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement that flourished in the 1920s–1930s centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, celebrating Black culture, heritage, and identity and influencing later movements such as Negritude.

Claims that use this term

• Negritude’s intellectual founding directly drew on the Harlem Renaissance
• Harlem Renaissance identity was built on seeking African origins over Western art