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The Harlem Renaissance was an unprecedented period of vitality in the American Arts. Defined as the years between 1910 and 1927, it was the time when Harlem came alive with theater, drama, sports, dance and politics. Looking at events as diverse as the prizefight between Jack Johnson and Jim ''White Hope'' Jeffries, the choreography of Aida Walker and Ethel Waters, the writing of Zora Neale Hursto...