African American And The Harlem Renaissance - 1879 Words

African American’s and the Harlem Renaissance also known as New Negro Movement Many African Americans had been enslaved and remained living in the south. After the end of slavery, the emancipated African Americans, started to act for civic participation, political equality and economic and cultural independence. Right after the civil war had ended many African American Congressmen began to give speeches after the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. 6 of the congressmen were black by 1875 as part of the Republican Party’s reconstruction legislation By the 1870s, the predominately white Democratic Party managed to regain power in the South. Between 1890 and 1908 the Democratic Party proceeded to pass legislation that were not favorable for†¦show more content†¦Southern life of an African American became increasingly difficult, from there on African Americans migrated up north by the thousands. Majority of the African-American literary movement came from a generation that h ad lived through the hardships of the Reconstruction Era after the Civil War. Sometimes their parents or grandparents had previously been slaves. Their ancestry sometimes benefited by generating investments in cultural capital, for example education. Most African American in the Harlem Renaissance were part of the Great Migration from the South into the Negro neighborhoods of the North and Midwestern parts of the United States. African Americans sought out better living standards and relief from the institutionalized racism in the South. Others were of African descent from racially separated communities among the Caribbean Islands who came to the United States In hopes of a better life. During this major migration of African Americans as they were once again united in Harlem. â€Å"During the early 20th century, Harlem was the cultural haven for African American immigrants from around the country, attracting those seeking work from the South, and those educated African Americans wh o made the area a nucleus of culture, as well as a rapidly increasing middle class of African Americans and African descendants. â€Å"The district had originally been intended for upper class and