During and after World War 1 thousands of African Americans began migrating from the South. Many moved to the North in hoping for a better life and better jobs. By 1923 the population of Blacks in New York had tripled. Two-thirds of the blacks settled in Harlem, which was distinctively black. In 1917 there was an intellectual movement in Harlem known the Harlem Renaissance. It lasted to about 1935. Harlem became a vibrant center of black cultural activity in …showed first 75 words of 1020 total…

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