... -American artists, musicians and writers. Some key figures in the Harlem Renaissance are: W.E.B. Du Bois (Sociologist, Civil Rights activist, writer, and editor), Duke Ellington (Big Band Musician, composer, pianist), Bessie Smith (American blues singer and songwriter), Zora Neale Hurston (American short story writer, autobiographer, novelist, and folklorist), and of course Langston Hughes, along with many many more. Hughes, Hurston, and other ... . In 1932 Hughes traveled to the Soviet Union along with other writers for a low-budgeted film project. It was there that he developed an extre...

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... opportunities. During the 1920s, musical culture changed when jazz won a wide following. Jazz music was a blend of West African and Latin rhythms, African American spirituals and blues, and European harmonies. Joseph "King" Oliver helped to spread jazz northward with his creation of the Creole Jazz Band. As this happened, white musicians began incorporating jazz into their music, while big bands, both ... movement in Harlem, New York, of African American actors, artists, writers, and musicians. During this time blues and religious songs became popular for many audiences with songs such ...

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