Harlem Renaissance

proper noun

An intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, and literature centered in Harlem, Manhattan, in the 1920s and 1930s.

Similar
New Negro Movement
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Meanings

proper nounthe Harlem Renaissance
  1. historicalAn intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, and literature centered in Harlem, Manhattan, in the 1920s and 1930s.

    The Depression made the Harlem Renaissance, with its spirit of play and optimism, seem strange and naïve.

    1995, Nathan Irvin Huggins, Voices from the Harlem Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10

    Synonyms: New Negro Movement

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounAn intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, and literature centered in Harlem, Manhattan, in the 1920s and 1930s.

Similar
New Negro Movement
Also see
new negro movement
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Harlem Renaissance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Harlem%20Renaissance

MLA

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Chicago

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