The Negro Renaissance, later known as the Harlem Renaissance, marked a period of extraordinary creativity among Black artists and writers, coupled with increased receptivity among white audiences, reaching its peak in the 1920s. Influential contributors included Claude McKay (Harlem Shadows, 1922), Jean Toomer (Cane, 1923), Alain Locke (The New Negro, 1925), Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Countee Cullen, who collectively reshaped American literature and culture.
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