Harlem Renaissance

English Proper noun 1 en historical An intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art and literature centered in Harlem, Manhattan, in the 1920s and 1930s. en New Negro Movement contemporary en Renaissance en 1995 Nathan Irvin Huggins Voices from the Harlem Renaissance Oxford University Press 9780195093605 10 https://books.google.com/books?id=-J6dA9yB8K0C&pg=PA10&dq=%22Harlem+Renaissance%22&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Harlem%20Renaissance%22&f=false The Depression made the Harlem Renaissance, with its spirit of play and optimism, seem strange and naïve. Further reading en terms derived from toponyms