... LeRoy Locke was considered the leader and chief interpreter of the Harlem Renaissance. His efforts to debunk race-based myths of the inherent intellectual, social, and spiritual inferiority of African-Americans that emerged in the post Reconstruction era are thought to be some of his greatest accomplishments. He sought to destroy commonly held myths through his writings and by identifying, selecting and promoting a talented group of well ... 's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) used folk life of the black rural South to create a brilliant study of race and gender in which a woman...

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... the few women who are remembered for their part in the advancement of African American Literature during the Harlem Renaissance is the author/anthropologist Zora Neal Hurston. Hurston is one of few African American women recognized for their work during the 20th century and she is one of the greatest writers/anthropologists during the Harlem Renaissance and beyond. Hurston is mostly known for her book Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937 ... , but her first work was her 1934 publication of Jonah's Gourd Vine, and she published two more works before the release of her most famo...

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