![]() ![]() ![]() It was the birthing grounds for many movements which would shape the 20th century: black nationalism, civil rights, the NAACP, the list goes on and on.īorn Dante Smith in 1973, the artist known as Mos Def became the de facto leader of a Brooklyn Renaissance. This cultural explosion also brought in to sharp focus the natural distrust of said artists for their white admirerers happy to profit from the “hipsters” who came to Harlem to dig the vibe but fearful of their intention to exploit these arts or try to claim them as their own. Harlem was the area which was chiefly home to the eclectic mix of artists, poets, musicians and writers who brought not only greater recognition to the cultural voice of the disenfranchised in the United States but to the cultural influence which had been silently shaping all aspects of the American mainstream to date. In the early part of the 20th century (a period loosely defined as coming after World War I and continuing through the 1930’s) African-American arts experienced a boom period which came to be called the Harlem Renaissance. ![]()
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