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== Black Opals and the Harlem Renaissance ==

== Black Opals and the Harlem Renaissance ==

The Harlem Renaissance became what it became which is known as the Harlem renaissance as a result from the Great Migration, which was when six million African Americans fled from the south ,north, midwest and the north to Harlem they fled there for better job opportunities, education, and escape from racial violence and Jim Crow laws because Harlem didn't have many systemic laws there . Cities like New York, Chicago, and Detroit became cultural spaces where Black creativity heavily improved and expanded which was good for black Americans that wanted bigger opportunities and an escape from what they were dealing with in there previous cities .This movement encouraged African Americans to express pride in their identity and culture through writing, art, and music. However, opportunities for publication to where they would actually gain notoriety and bigger audiences were still limited because racism was heavily impacting black Americans . As a result, smaller journals like ''Black Opals'' were created to give Black writers and artists a voice.Which was very needed at the time it helped give black Americans entertainment and happiness during a time were there were a lot of racial violence and systemic laws that directly affected black Americans. Philadelphia, with its growing Black middle class and strong community Harlem became a good place for the black opals to be created and started in.{{Cite web |last=saltz |first=jerry |date=2024 |title=A New Renaissance: The Met's tremendous exhibition of Black art redefines modernism. |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A784353683/ITOF?u=tusc49521&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=fc34ca4e}}{{Cite web |date=2026-02-23 |title=Black Opals: Philadelphia’s Legendary Contribution to the Harlem Renaissance |url=https://hiddencityphila.org/2026/02/black-opals-philadelphias-legendary-contribution-to-the-harlem-renaissance/ |access-date=2026-04-25 |website=Hidden City Philadelphia |language=en-US}}{{Cite journal |last=Durham |first=Joyce |date=1999 |title=Dorothy West and the Importance of Black "Little" Magazines of the 1930s: "Challenge" and "New Challenge" |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26435327 |journal=The Langston Hughes Review |volume=16 |issue=1/2 |pages=19–31 |issn=0737-0555}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.pbs.org/show/great-migrations-a-people-on-the-move/ |title=Great Migrations: A People on The Move |language=en |access-date=2026-04-27 |via=www.pbs.org}}

The Harlem Renaissance became what it became which is known as the Harlem renaissance as a result from the Great Migration, which was when six million African Americans fled from the south ,north, midwest and the north to Harlem they fled there for better job opportunities, education, and escape from racial violence and Jim Crow laws because Harlem didn't have many systemic laws there . Cities like New York, Chicago, and Detroit became cultural spaces where Black creativity heavily improved and expanded which was good for black Americans that wanted bigger opportunities and an escape from what they were dealing with in there previous cities .This movement encouraged African Americans to express pride in their identity and culture through writing, art, and music. However, opportunities for publication to where they would actually gain notoriety and bigger audiences were still limited because racism was heavily impacting black Americans . As a result, smaller journals like ''Black Opals'' were created to give Black writers and artists a voice.Which was very needed at the time it helped give black Americans entertainment and happiness during a time were there were a lot of racial violence and systemic laws that directly affected black Americans. Philadelphia, with its growing Black middle class and strong community Harlem became a good place for the black opals to be created and started in.{{Cite web |last=saltz |first=jerry |date=2024 |title=A New Renaissance: The Met's tremendous exhibition of Black art redefines modernism. |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A784353683/ITOF?u=tusc49521&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=fc34ca4e}}{{Cite web |date=2026-02-23 |title=Black Opals: Philadelphia’s Legendary Contribution to the Harlem Renaissance |url=https://hiddencityphila.org/2026/02/black-opals-philadelphias-legendary-contribution-to-the-harlem-renaissance/ |access-date=2026-04-25 |website=Hidden City Philadelphia |language=en-US}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.pbs.org/show/great-migrations-a-people-on-the-move/ |title=Great Migrations: A People on The Move |language=en |access-date=2026-04-27 |via=www.pbs.org}}

== Content and Themes ==

== Content and Themes ==