Langston Huhges Harlem Reniassance Leader 1920’s

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Langston Hughes help to define the spirit that motivated the Harlem Renaissance, a black cultural movement of the 1920’s.

He argues against blacks seeking integration at the expense of racial pride and proclaims that instead “We younger negro artist who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame.” The young artist of black culture who make their art through their talent and aspiration want to express their individuality without being fearful of judgment.

In high school Hughes was influenced by his classmates, many of whom were the children of immigrants from Eastern Europe

Hughes called on younger blacks to be proud of their ethnic heritage even as they insisted on artistic freedom, helped establish him as a key figure of the flourishing Harlem Renaissance

During the Economic Disaster “New York began to be not so pleasant that winter.” Said by Langston Hughes, people were sleeping in subways or on newspapers in office doors, because they had no homes. And every block a beggar appeared.

The Harlem Renaissance took place a period between World War 1 (July 28,1914- November 11,1918) , and the Great Depression(1930s) when black artist and writers flourished in the United States

Between 1890 and 1920 began the near collapse of the southern agricultural economy, resulted with a labor shortage in the north, and left about two million blacks to migrate to northern cities in search of work.

By the end of the war many northern american cities, such as Harlem, hard large numbers of african american emboldened by new experiences and better paychecks, energized by the possibility for change.