Harlem Renaissance:

The Jazz Age

by Kwa King

In the decade following World War I, an artistic explosion occurred within theAfrican American community that produced a wealth of music, literature poetry, dance, social discourse and visual art.

Jazz, a result of the Harlem Renaissance, originated from the musical minds of American Blacks. These include traits that survived from West African music black folk music forms developed in the New World


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Musicians of the Harlem Renaissance