“Whereas it might be erroneous to claim that the literature, art, and music of the Harlem Renaissance revolutionized the practice of democracy in the United States, it would not be an error to point out that the ideas they championed did impact America's understanding, and subsequently its application, of democracy.”

—  Aberjhani

(Author's Note, p. xvii).
Book Sources, Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance (2003)

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