INTRODUCTION:
    It began as a series of literary discussions in the lower Manhattan (Greenwich Village) and upper Manhattan (Harlem), which are two places in New York City.  Before it was named the Harlem Renaissance, it was called "The New Negro Movement."  "African-Americans were encouraged to celebrate their heritage and to become 'The New Negro,' a term coined in 1925 by sociologist and critic Alain LeRoy Locke."

SIGNIFICANCE:

• One of the things that contributed to the Harlem Renaissance was the great migration of African-Americans to northern cities.
• It became a racial focal point for Blacks.
• It stood for urban pluralism. The urban setting was important for Blacks to truly appreciate the variety of Black life.
• It was not just a literary movement; it included racial consciousness.
• Its biggest gift is a lesson from its failures.
• The creation of the "New Negro" failed, but it was an American failure.
• Harlem Renaissance profited from a spirit of self-determination after World War I.

• Claude McKay
• Countee Cullen
• Langston Hughes
• Zora Neale Hurston
• Rudolph Fisher
• James Weldon
• Jean Toomer

POETRY

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Group 1- TANESHIA BREEDEN
                                LAURA STONE
                BRANDETTE BULLARD