POetS, from伽e weil-known, SuCh as , , and Claude McKay, tO the Iesse「known, iike請e poet Anne Spence「, Many poets of肌e Renaissance were inspired to tie in threads of A膚ican American cu!ture into抽eir poems; aS a reSuミt, poetry was heavily deveioped during踊S time. 1丁he V¥leary BIuesn was a notabie jazz poem w柵en by Langston Hughes. Through their works of Iiterature,馴ack authors were abIe to give a voice to the A純Can American identity, aS WeI! as strive fo「 a communfty of support and acceptance,

Music - A new wa[y of pIaying請e piano called請e HarIem S帥de style was created du血g仙e , and helped bIu「 the lines between the poo「 A節Can Americans and socia=y e!ite A師Can Americans. The t輪ditional jazz band was composed primarty of brass instmments and WaS COnSidered a symboI of the south, but the piano was considered an inst調ment Of the wea伽y. With輔S ins血mentaI modification to伽e exi朗ng genre,伽e wealthy A鵬Can Ame「icans now had more a∞eSS to jazz music, Its popuIarty soon spread請roughout the country and was consequently at an al!-time high. 1nnovation and Iive!iness were important characteris cs of pe「fo「mers in the beginnings of jazz. Jazz performers and composers at the time such as Eubie Biake, Noble Sjssle, Jelly Roll Morton, , James P. Johnson,湘Ilie ”The Lion’’Sm軸, Fats W訓e「, Ethe! V¥fate「S, AdeIaide Hall,四F10rence Milis and bandleaders Duke EIlington, Louis A「mstrong and FIetdle「 Henderson were extremeiy taIented, SkiI冊i, comPetitive and inspi閤tional. They are stiII COnSidered as having !aid great parts of the foundations fo「 future musicians of請eir genre.囲開聞 Duke副ington gained popu!arity during the Harlem Renaissance. According to CharIes Garrett,一’The resuIting portra龍of副ington reveals him to be not only肌e g脆ed compose「, bandleader, and musician we have come to know, but aIso an ea冊Iy person w軸basic desires, Weaknesses, and eccen鵬Cities.副ington did not Iet his popularity get to him. He remained caIm and fooused on his music.

Du血g仙S Period, the musica書style of bIacks was becoming more and more attractive to whites. V¥爪ite novelists, dramatists and composers started to expioit the musicaI tendencies and themes of African Americans in伽ei「 WOrks. Composers used poems w融en by A簡Can「American poets in肌eir SOngS, and wouId implement the巾ythms, hamonies and melodies of A簡CanAmerican music- SuCh as blues, SP師tuals, and jazz+」nto their concert pieces. A帥Can Americans began to merge with V¥爪ites into the classical wond of musicai composition. The first A簡CanA珊rerican male to gain wide recognition as a concert ar鱈st in both his region and intemationa!ly was Roland Hayes. He tralned With Arthu「 CaIhoun in Chattanooga, and at Fisk University in Nashvi=e. Later, he studied with A「肌u「 Hubbard in Boston and湖耽George Hensche霊紬d Amanda lra AI繭dge in , Eng!and. He began singing in publicas a student, and toured wi伽the Fisk Jubiiee Singers in 191 1.

New Biack Identify - The HaHem Renaissance was successfu=n that it brought the B!ack experience dearty wi伽n伽e coIPuS of American cu皿旧I history. Not on!y伽rough an explosion of Cu皿re, but on a socioIogical level, the iegaey ofthe HaHem Renaissance redefined how Ame巾Ca, and the wo巾d, viewed A簡Can Americans. The migration of sou肌em BIacks to the nor肌changed the image of the A帥Can American from rura書章undereducated peasants to one of u巾an, COSmOPOiitan SOPhistication. This new identity led to a greate「 SOCial cons働ousness, and A帥Can Americans became players on the woHd stage, eXPanding inte!!ect○○al and social contacts intemationaily.

The progress一心O伽eymbolic and rea」Ju血g仙S period became a point of reference from which the A簡Can-American communfty gained a spirit of se肛determination請at provided a growing sense Of both Black urbanfty and Black m阻aney, aS Wel! as a foundation fo「 the communfty to build upon fo「 the Civii Rights struggles in伽e 1950s and 1960s.

The urban se純ng of rapidly deve10Ping Hariem provided a venue fo「 A簡Can Americans of a!! backgrounds to appreciate伽e variety of BIack Iife and culture. Through軸S expreSSion,請e Ha巾em Renaissance encouraged請e new appreciation of fo!k roots and cuIture. For instan∞, folk materials and sp輔uaIs provided a rich SOurCe for the artistic and intelIectuaI imagination, Which freed BIacks from伽e esta輔Shment of past condition. Through sha血g in these cuItural experiences, a COnSCiousness sprung for肌in the fom of a uni章ed racia! identfty: