Thurman, one of the most individualistic talents of the period, also wrote a satirical novel, The Blacker the Berry (1929), that ridiculed some elements of the New Negro movement. ... It was an African-American company, but it only performed plays written by whites because plays written by African-Americans were not yet allowed. ... One of the most popular ideas was the way to play the piano called "stride piano". From this style of playing the piano rose a jazz powerhouse named "Fatts" Waller. ... The "boogie-woogie" involved a short, accented bass pattern that played repeatedly while the rig...

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The great migration greatly expanded black communities in the North, creating a greater market for black culture of black entertainments and the migrants were played in the nightclubs and hotspots of Harlem. ... As we can see, Whites wrote two novels to promote the Harlem Renaissance and support blacks to express their thoughts. ... In addition, the connection between white and black literatures helped many black writers to publish their works and also whites wrote some literatures to support blacks....

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