Influential Black Figures of the Harlem Renaissance

    

                                                  

                                   

 

                                                      

                                            

This is a collage of some of the most prominent Black leaders of the Harlem Renaissance. During the 1920's and 1930's this movement produced and influenced countless intellectuals, writers, actors, artists, playwrights, and activists. The movement came about due to changes in the Black community after the abolition of slavery, Reconstruction after the Civil War and World War I. There was an influx of Black people moving to northern cities from the south in the 20th century, due to constant and atrocious racial disparities. This period gave way to some of the greatest works of American art.