How Did The Harlem Renaissance Affect The 20's

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The decade of 1920 is commonly known as “The Roaring Twenties.” The 20’s were filled with many, new and different cultures. The 20’s were a time when many people rejected prohibition, indulged in new styles of dancing and music, and people rejected many traditional standards. Dramatic social and political change was taking place in the 20’s. Urbanization was happening for the first time, and more people lived in cities than on farms and in towns. Some of the most important things that happened in the Roaring Twenties were the Harlem Renaissance, that embraced black culture, the Eighteenth Amendment, which banned prohibition, and The Jazz Age, when jazz music became more popular than ever before. The Harlem Renaissance was a movement that started in the 1920’s and carried on into the 1930’s. The Harlem Renaissance helped create a new identity for black culture. A critic once described it as a “spiritual coming of age.” This means that the African American community in the US got more opportunities. The Harlem Renaissance was a key point in the Roaring Twenties because the movement impacted urbanized centers all through the United States. Black writers, poets, song writers, painters and playwrights finally …show more content…
Prohibition was a movement created by protestant congregations and women’s rights group. They wanted to stop anybody from drinking alcohol, because they felt that alcoholism was a huge problem in America and couldn’t be fixed unless there were enforcements. There were many, many people who disagreed with the banning of alcohol because it was pretty much their lives. But by the middle of the 20th century, people began to see the problems that came hand in hand with alcohol. The 18th amendment and prohibition were an important part of the 1920’s because it made some people realize that alcohol isn’t as important, and we’re better off without
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