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__ Harlem Renissance __

During the early 1900 after world war 1, many African Americans migrated to New York to find a better job and life. Majority of them moved into Harlem where jazz and blues were very popular. Mckay's book of poetry Harlem Shadows was the first African American book to become popular. Between 1924 and 1926, the Harlem Renaissance was noticed and honored by the National Urban League and held a dinner for their accomplishments. Claude Mckay was born in Jamaica and wrote about his pride for race and the rage for racism. Sterling Brown was a Howard University professor, he wrote poems in English, African American and European forms, and he writes about the racism poverty and fate of African Americans during this time. Jean Toomer later came in 1923 with Cane, which told the story of African Americans in the North and South. The Harlem Renaissance helped many African Americans become very successful and known. These writers also helped out in the future for other writers to become successful like Annie Allen won the Pulizter Prize in 1950 for her book, which was the first African American to do that.