1. Langston Hughes a novelist and a poet, he was known as being the leader. He famously wrote about the period that “the negro was in vogue” which was later paraphrased as “when Harlem was in vogue”.
2. Why was Harlem so important in the cultural life of the early 20th century America (USA)?
The Harlem Renaissance was so important to the black Americans because it was the access of the african american culture. That gave the African Americans and the rest of the people of African background and etc, a new status and a better one in the whole society. The African Americans were trying to prove themselves and everyone else they were also as intelligent, and with it, that helped them. They made contributions of a new kind of literature, they contributed. They were tired of being mistreated so they challenged white parentalism and racism.
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