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Harlem Renaissance; music to your ears


Racial discrimination was still on The Blacks decided to get things done. They moved out the South For the whites didn’t approve them without a doubt. They migrated up North to their destination, This move was called the Great Migration. Up North in the Harlem streets The Blacks began to do their own beats. With drums that beated all day long One of the influential musicians was Louis Armstrong He may have not played drums but he was a young trumpet player Armstrong had a big impact in the Harlem Renaissance jazz layer. However, Louis Armstrong wasn’t the only one Zora Hurston, Marcus Gravey and then some. There were many creative African Americans Some were poets, singers, and musicians. They were a few that did more than one, so they say, One novelist and poet was Claude McKay. Before the Harlem Renaissance, Harlem was an overcrowded, unemployed, poor place But once the Harlem Renaissance came the problems seemed to efface. Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s It left a legacy of literary for many. The Harlem Renaissance was not only about literature but also jazz and blues music also Their contributions are still felt by artists and audiences, regardless of color unlike before ago.
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