The Harlem Renaissance: A Short Story

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Just as the sun began to rise, Joe came to the edge of Central Park. Listening quietly, he heard the rising sounds of the Harlem Renaissance, the long and drawn-out, yet seductive, tones of a jazz tune being played by some lonely soul bearing a saxophone, somewhere far-off. Finally, Joe dropped gently from his hands a small tin bucket containing a few coins, a dingy tune-book, and ultimately, his most prized possession, which he unwrapped quickly from its dirty