The_Harlem_Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance In 1904 several middleclass African American families moved away from the decaying conditions of Black Bohemia of midtown into the newly-built suburb of Harlem. This initiated a move north of educated African Americans and a foothold into Harlem. In 1910 a large block along 135th and Fifth Ave was bought up by various African American realtors and a church group. These purchases caused a "white flight" and lowered realestate prices. As World War I approached, a shortage of labour ensued at the generous supply of European unskilled labour ceased to flow into New York City. From the southern states came vast numbers of African Americans attracted not only by the prospect of paid labour but an escape from the inherent inequities and blatant institutional racism african, harlem, labour, black, americans, white, walker, various, three, political, poet, figures, cullen, countee, american, a'lelia, zeale, york, world, weldon, web, wealthy, war, very, vast, unskilled, tower, thu, supply, suburb, states, southern, south, shortage, several, salon