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= "yo" its Harlem! = __( go to the discussion tab and comment on it please id like some feedback!) __ yeah thats right its Harlem from the grave!

 and im here to tell yall a little bout me. Yeah thats right your talkin to the sprit of herlem in person!  YEAH BABY! well today imma tell ya bout the artists of my time. well lemme see.... there's This man named JAMES VAN DER ZEE and.. Theres another named AARON DOUGLAS there both pretty "sweet!"  yeah those are only two of the many "sweet" artisits round there. And yeah i know i know what yall want but these to are a personal favorite!

Aaron Douglas was the Harlem Renaissance artist whose work best exemplified the 'New Negro' philosophy. He painted murals for public buildings and produced illustrations and cover designs for many black publications including The Crisis and Opportunity.

"...Our problem is to conceive, develop, establish an art era. Not white art painting black...let's bare our arms and plunge them deep through laughter, through pain, through sorrow, through hope, through disappointment, into the very depths of the souls of our people and drag forth material crude, rough, neglected. Then let's sing it, dance it, write it, paint it. Let's do the impossible. Let's create something transcendentally material, mystically objective. Earthy. Spiritually earthy. Dynamic." Aaron Douglas