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Beginning as a series of literary discussions in lower and upper Manhattan, which are sections of New York City, this African American movement was first know as "The New Negro Movement" and later identified as the Harlem Renaissance. The movement began toward the end of World War I in 1918, blossomed in the mid to late1920's, and began to fade in the mid 1930's. The Harlem Renaissance was a time when black and white Americans …

…in the world. Lastly the impact that The Harlem Renaissance was not limited nor confined to the United States. Writers, actors, and dancer such as: Langston Hughes, Josephine Baker, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen and others traveled to Europe and attained popularity there that surpassed what they had achieved in the United States. For thousands of blacks around the world, The Harlem Renaissance was proof that whites did not hold a monopoly on culture and literature.