Langston Hughes

Americas

During the 1920s, the Harlem neighborhood in New York City became the center of an explosion of Black art, music, poetry, and literature. Writers like Langst…

• 1920 CE

  Harlem Renaissance Flourishes

  During the 1920s, the Harlem neighborhood in New York City became the center of an explosion of Black art, music, poetry, and literature. Writers like Langston Hughes and musicians like Louis Armstrong created art that changed American culture forever.