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The literary aspect of the Harlem Renaissance.
It's said to have begun with a dinner at the Civic
Club celebrating African American writers.
Many important works were published in this time period.Beginning of the Great Migration.
African Americans migrated from the South to
the North to flee the economic exploitation, as
well as violent and increasing racism.Landmark achievements of the literary Harlem Renaissance.
In October 1929, a stock market crash sparked
what is now known as the Great Depression.
Millions were thrown out of workThe effect of unemployment and municipal neglect on Harlem.
When rumors went around that police had
murdered a black Puerto Rican teenager for stealing a ten-cent pocket knife, people started a
protest which turned violant and resulted into three deaths, 125 arrests, and more than two
million dollars in property damage.
Poets from the Harlem Renaissance made a
freat impact on modern and current poetry.
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