Why was the time period called the Harlem Renaissance.

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Ronan Barron

2 April, 08:22

Why was the time period called the Harlem Renaissance.

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The Harlem Renaissance is also called the "Black Literary Renaissance", '"The New Negro Movement" and "The flowering of Negro literature" ... They wanted to celebrate the fact that their African culture had survived through the terrible years of slavery, and was being "reborn".