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A movement in US literature in the 1920s that
used Afro-American life and black culture as
its subject matter; it was an early
manifestation of black pride in the USA. The
centre of the movement was the Harlem section
of New York City. Harlem was the place where
aspects of Afro-American culture, including
jazz, flourished from the late 19th century,
and attracted a new white audience. The
magazine Crisis, edited by W E B DuBois, was
a forum for the new black consciousness;
writers associated with the movement include
Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, James
Weldon Johnson, and Countee Cullen.