Harlem Renaissance
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The Harlem Renaissance was a flourishing African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and early 1930s.
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Target entity: Harlem Renaissance Context triple: [Roaring Twenties, hasCharacteristic, Harlem Renaissance]
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Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties was a decade of economic prosperity, cultural dynamism, and social change in the 1920s, marked by jazz music, flapper culture, and rapid industrial growth, particularly in the United States and Western Europe.
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Reconstruction era
The Reconstruction era was the period following the American Civil War when the United States attempted to reintegrate the seceded Southern states and redefine the legal and social status of formerly enslaved people.
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Federal Theatre Project
The Federal Theatre Project was a New Deal initiative that funded and organized live theatrical productions across the United States during the Great Depression, providing employment for artists while expanding public access to the arts.
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American South (mid-20th century civil rights era)
The American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) was a region marked by intense struggle against racial segregation and discrimination, where landmark civil rights movements, protests, and legal battles transformed U.S. social and political life.
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Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was a late 19th-century period in the United States marked by rapid industrialization, vast wealth accumulation, stark social inequality, and influential business magnates like Andrew Carnegie.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Harlem Renaissance Target entity description: The Harlem Renaissance was a flourishing African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and early 1930s.
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A.
Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties was a decade of economic prosperity, cultural dynamism, and social change in the 1920s, marked by jazz music, flapper culture, and rapid industrial growth, particularly in the United States and Western Europe.
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B.
Reconstruction era
The Reconstruction era was the period following the American Civil War when the United States attempted to reintegrate the seceded Southern states and redefine the legal and social status of formerly enslaved people.
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C.
Federal Theatre Project
The Federal Theatre Project was a New Deal initiative that funded and organized live theatrical productions across the United States during the Great Depression, providing employment for artists while expanding public access to the arts.
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D.
American South (mid-20th century civil rights era)
The American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) was a region marked by intense struggle against racial segregation and discrimination, where landmark civil rights movements, protests, and legal battles transformed U.S. social and political life.
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E.
Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was a late 19th-century period in the United States marked by rapid industrialization, vast wealth accumulation, stark social inequality, and influential business magnates like Andrew Carnegie.
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Statements (75)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American history event
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artistic movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ intellectual movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Harlem Renaissance
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surface form:
New Negro Movement
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| causeOf | increased recognition of African American culture in mainstream American society ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| endedBy | economic impact of the Great Depression ⓘ |
| endTime |
Great Depression
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surface form:
Great Depression era
mid-1930s ⓘ |
| ethnicFocus |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
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| field |
dance
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intellectual history ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ political thought ⓘ theater ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| hasCentralTheme |
Black pride
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challenge to racism ⓘ exploration of African heritage ⓘ modern Black identity ⓘ racial uplift ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
concentration of Black artists and intellectuals in Harlem
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debates over art versus propaganda ⓘ experimentation with modernist forms ⓘ patronage from white and Black benefactors ⓘ use of jazz and blues aesthetics in literature ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin | African American urban communities ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Harlem Renaissance jazz culture
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Harlem Renaissance literature ⓘ Harlem Renaissance music ⓘ Harlem Renaissance poetry ⓘ Harlem Renaissance theater ⓘ Harlem Renaissance visual arts ⓘ |
| influenced |
African American literature
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African American visual arts ⓘ Black feminist movement ⓘ
surface form:
Black feminist thought
Black theater in the United States ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Rights Movement
jazz ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
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surface form:
Great Migration
The New Negro (anthology) ⓘ
surface form:
New Negro movement ideology
World War I ⓘ |
| location |
Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan
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surface form:
Harlem, New York City
New York ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| mainPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| notablePerson |
Horace Pippin
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surface form:
Aaron Douglas
Alain Locke ⓘ Archibald Motley ⓘ Bessie Smith ⓘ Billie Holiday ⓘ Claude McKay ⓘ Countee Cullen ⓘ Duke Ellington ⓘ James Weldon Johnson ⓘ Jean Toomer ⓘ Josephine Baker ⓘ Langston Hughes ⓘ Louis Armstrong ⓘ Nella Larsen ⓘ Paul Robeson ⓘ W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ Wallace Thurman ⓘ Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cane
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Color Struck ⓘ Fire!! (magazine) ⓘ The New Negro (anthology) ⓘ The Weary Blues ⓘ Their Eyes Were Watching God ⓘ |
| startTime |
1918
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early 1920s ⓘ |
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Subject: Harlem Renaissance Description of subject: The Harlem Renaissance was a flourishing African American cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement centered in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s and early 1930s.
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