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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Harlem Renaissance
Musicians of the Harlem Renaissance