This is Harlem in the 1920s. This is what Irene Redfield's home looked like most likely.
The Harlem Renaissance occured during the 1920s. African Americans were progessing greatly in society. They created Jazz with famous artists like Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes ("Three Notes toward a Cultural Definition of the Harlem Renaissance"). African Americans were still segregated, but gained more money by performing or writing. It was a time filled with entertainment and blossoming of new music; however, it also had its downsides ("Three Notes toward a Cultural Definition of the Harlem Renaissance"). Some would write about the disillusionment, discontent, and despair of WWI. African American writers would write about the hardships of their life, but also trying to be free and accepted as equal. Some would also contain the living conditions of both races and how they were different.
