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= The Harlem Renaissance.(: =

During the Great Migration of 1914-1918, many rural Americans from South headed to the industrial North for employment opportunities. Among the many new mass congregations in American industrial cities, was a Harlem, New York City, a convergence of African-Americans from all over the country. The Harlem Renaissance was an expression of African-American social thought and culture which took a place in newly-formed Black community in neighborhood of Harlem. The Harlem Renaissance flourished from early 1920 to1940 and was expressed through every cultural medium-visual art, dance, music, theatre, literature, poetry, history, and politics. It is certainly an era that African-Americans can be proud of and a time when a once severely oppressed people, began to expect more from life. They became more vocal and expressive about the state of their affairs. They took charge of adding flair and joviality to their lifestyle. =﻿** The Artisits(: **= James Van Der Zee, (June 29, 1886 - May 15, 1983) was an African-American photographer best known for his portraits of black New Yorkers. He was a leading figure in the Harlem renaissance. Aside from the artistic merits of his work, Van Der Zee produced the most comprehensive documentation of the period. Aaron Douglas, (May 26, 1899 - February 3, 1979.) was an African-American painter during the period of the Harlem renaissance.He was born in Topeka, Kansas, and played a very large role in the Harlem renaissance, with his artistic abilities. 