Harlem+Renaissance+Mystery

You have journeyed to Harlem, New York, in search of an artist support group. Upon arriving there in 1945, you discover that many of the famous artist like Aaron Douglas, Zora Neale Hurston, James Van Der Zee, Claude McKay, and others are not meeting as regulary. Their art has slowed to a crawl. Several, like leader Langston Hughes, have announced that the Harlem Renaissance is dead.

What happened to end this flourishing artistic boom? Where did the artist go? Why are they not producing the amount and extent of artistic pieces as they had during the blossoming years known as the Harlem Renaissance? 1st Round of Clues...  Langston Hughes published “The Weary Blues” in 1925. It was the first time he used musical elements from the blues, jazz, and spirituals in his poetry. The Cotton Club was a popular place for white people; many famous African Americans performed there. However, they had to enter a separate door. A young black boy was beaten for shoplifting in March of 1935.