Duke Ellington and the Harlem Renaissance:
The term Harlem Renaissance refers to an artistic, cultural, and social time of writing about race and the African American's place in American life during the early 1920's and 1930's. It is hard to put a specific time and date in terms of social criticism, protest and political advancements, because of the fact that it took a long time for it all to develop. Overall, the Harlem Renaissance was a time of African American's expressing talent and ideas, and was the center of urban black life in America.
All oppressed African American's knew that if they wanted to express themselves, they would go to Harlem. Harlem was your best chance at changing your life. Harlem was conside
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