The 1920s marked the start of many lasting events, such as the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance started right after The Great Migration of African Americans. Many African Americans moved from the rural south to the cities in the north to find more economic stability and escape the harsh segregation laws. This made some of the Americans uncomfortable, mainly because they feared anyone different than them. This is one of the contributing factor in the uproar of the Ku Klux Klan, a secret organization which aimed to suppress the newly acquired power of African Americans. The Harlem Renaissance, which was a big part of the 1920s culture, was a literary, artistic and intellectual movement that circled around the newfound African American individuality. They created a new social and cultural society. Langston Hughes was the epitome of poetry and prose, and was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance literature. The Harlem Renaissance allowed scholarly African Americans to freely express themselves, creating the culture of the
The 1920s marked the start of many lasting events, such as the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance started right after The Great Migration of African Americans. Many African Americans moved from the rural south to the cities in the north to find more economic stability and escape the harsh segregation laws. This made some of the Americans uncomfortable, mainly because they feared anyone different than them. This is one of the contributing factor in the uproar of the Ku Klux Klan, a secret organization which aimed to suppress the newly acquired power of African Americans. The Harlem Renaissance, which was a big part of the 1920s culture, was a literary, artistic and intellectual movement that circled around the newfound African American individuality. They created a new social and cultural society. Langston Hughes was the epitome of poetry and prose, and was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance literature. The Harlem Renaissance allowed scholarly African Americans to freely express themselves, creating the culture of the