Harlem Renaissance

E8070

African American history event artistic movement cultural movement intellectual movement literary movement

The Harlem Renaissance was a flourishing African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and early 1930s.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Harlem Renaissance canonical	170
New Negro movement	8
Harlem Renaissance era	6
Harlem Renaissance culture	4
Harlem Renaissance literature	3
Harlem Renaissance writers	3
New Negro Movement	3
the Harlem Renaissance	2
African American literary renaissance	1
Harlem Renaissance (late influence)	1
Harlem Renaissance (through Zora Neale Hurston)	1
Harlem Renaissance (via Claude McKay)	1
Harlem Renaissance music scene	1
Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s	1
Harlem Renaissance within broader Black cultural history	1
Negro Renaissance	1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American history event ⓘ artistic movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ intellectual movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Harlem Renaissance ⓘ surface form: New Negro Movement
causeOf	increased recognition of African American culture in mainstream American society ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endedBy	economic impact of the Great Depression ⓘ
endTime	Great Depression ⓘ surface form: Great Depression era mid-1930s ⓘ
ethnicFocus	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans
field	dance ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ political thought ⓘ theater ⓘ visual arts ⓘ
hasCentralTheme	Black pride ⓘ challenge to racism ⓘ exploration of African heritage ⓘ modern Black identity ⓘ racial uplift ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	concentration of Black artists and intellectuals in Harlem ⓘ debates over art versus propaganda ⓘ experimentation with modernist forms ⓘ patronage from white and Black benefactors ⓘ use of jazz and blues aesthetics in literature ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin	African American urban communities ⓘ
hasPart	Harlem Renaissance jazz culture ⓘ Harlem Renaissance literature ⓘ Harlem Renaissance music ⓘ Harlem Renaissance poetry ⓘ Harlem Renaissance theater ⓘ Harlem Renaissance visual arts ⓘ
influenced	African American literature ⓘ African American visual arts ⓘ Black feminist movement ⓘ surface form: Black feminist thought Black theater in the United States ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Movement jazz ⓘ
influencedBy	Great Migration of African Americans out of the region ⓘ surface form: Great Migration The New Negro (anthology) ⓘ surface form: New Negro movement ideology World War I ⓘ
location	Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan ⓘ surface form: Harlem, New York City New York ⓘ New York City ⓘ
mainPeriod	1920s ⓘ
notablePerson	Horace Pippin ⓘ surface form: Aaron Douglas Alain Locke ⓘ Archibald Motley ⓘ Bessie Smith ⓘ Billie Holiday ⓘ Claude McKay ⓘ Countee Cullen ⓘ Duke Ellington ⓘ James Weldon Johnson ⓘ Jean Toomer ⓘ Josephine Baker ⓘ Langston Hughes ⓘ Louis Armstrong ⓘ Nella Larsen ⓘ Paul Robeson ⓘ W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ Wallace Thurman ⓘ Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ
notableWork	Cane ⓘ Color Struck ⓘ Fire!! (magazine) ⓘ The New Negro (anthology) ⓘ The Weary Blues ⓘ Their Eyes Were Watching God ⓘ
startTime	1918 ⓘ early 1920s ⓘ

Referenced by (207)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roaring Twenties → hasCharacteristic → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Roaring Twenties → significantEvent → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

American literature → hasPeriod → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Great Migration of African Americans out of the region → effect → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Migration of African Americans

Harlem Renaissance → alsoKnownAs → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Negro Movement

Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan → knownFor → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

subject surface form: Harlem

Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan → historicalPeriod → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

subject surface form: Harlem

Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan → notableEvent → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

subject surface form: Harlem

this entity surface form: Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s

Zora Neale Hurston → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Langston Hughes → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Their Eyes Were Watching God → literaryMovement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Black Arts Movement → influencedBy → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

African American literature → emergedSignificantlyDuring → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

African American literature → hasNotableMovement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Jazz → theme → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

subject surface form: Jazz (novel)

this entity surface form: the Harlem Renaissance

Apollo Theater → associatedWith → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Pops → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

subject surface form: Louis Armstrong

Chicago Black Renaissance → influencedBy → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Let America Be America Again → movementContext → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Cane → literaryMovement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Jean Toomer → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Nella Larsen → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Archibald Motley → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Archibald Motley → influencedBy → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harlem Renaissance culture

Alain Locke → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Alain Locke → notableIdea → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Negro movement

James Weldon Johnson → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

James Weldon Johnson → fieldOfWork → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harlem Renaissance literature

Josephine Baker → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Eatonville, Florida, United States → associatedMovement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

subject surface form: Eatonville, Florida

this entity surface form: Harlem Renaissance (through Zora Neale Hurston)

Jonah’s Gourd Vine → literaryMovement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Dust Tracks on a Road → literaryMovement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Tell My Horse → literaryMovement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Mules and Men → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

The Weary Blues → literaryMovement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

The Weary Blues → associatedWith → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Negro movement

Color Struck → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Color Struck → literaryMovement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Fire!! (magazine) → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

The New Negro (anthology) → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

The New Negro (anthology) → timePeriod → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Wallace Thurman → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Wallace Thurman → influencedBy → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harlem Renaissance culture

Countee Cullen → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Claude McKay → movement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Langston → associatedWith → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Montage of a Dream Deferred → literaryMovement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Mulatto → associatedMovement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Tea Cake → authorMovement → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ

Negrismo → relatedTo → Harlem Renaissance ⓘ