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The Harlem Renaissance began in 1924 when Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life hosted a party for Black writers. The movement ended abruptly in 1929 when the stock market crash triggered the Great Depression.
Philip A. Payton Jr. founded the Afro-American Realty Company in 1903 to fight housing discrimination and encourage Black migration into Harlem. This real estate effort transformed a district originally developed as an exclusive suburb for white middle-class families into the heart of African American life.
Hubert Harrison founded the Liberty League and The Voice newspaper in 1917 as the first organization and publication of what became known as the New Negro Movement. His paper included poetry for the people sections that emphasized arts alongside political activism.
Aaron Douglas born in Kansas in 1899 often referred to as Father of African-American Art created paintings using color shape line merging past present future history. Augusta Savage born in Florida in 1892 founded Savage Studio of Arts and Crafts in 1932 providing free art classes in painting printmaking sculpting.
Queer culture lived out fully in smoky dark lights bars nightclubs cabarets city where blues music scene boomed within venues where queer artists used expression honestly. Places like Cotton Club Rockland Palace routinely held gay drag shows alongside straight performances while lesbian bisexual women performers blues singers contributed renewed interest African American culture introducing wider audience.