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What was the target audience for the writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance?

June 4, 2020 by Karen Hill

Black writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance did not want to write like other writers had.

They agreed that their work might have a racial theme, but would be for both black and non-black audiences. Previous black writing featured grinning characters who spoke poor English, but the new writers did not want to write that way.

More books were published by black authors during the 1920s than any other decade in American history.

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Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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