How do the musicians of the Harlem Renaissance relate to and influence the musicians of today's society? Musicians identify with and influence musicians in today's society for many different reasons. However, not only did the musicians of the Harlem Renaissance relate to and influence the musicians of today's society, but so did the artists, actors, painters, and poets of the Harlem Renaissance. It was during the 1920s that the Harlem Renaissance flourished in African American culture, particularly in the creative arts and influential movements in African American literary history. Without the Harlem Renaissance, prominent figures such as Beyoncé Knowles, Jay-Z, Morris Chestnut, Maya Angelou, and Gabrielle Union would be irrelevant. The Harlem Renaissance refers to the "rebirth" of African American intellectual life in the 1920s and 1930s. Although it is difficult to determine when exactly the Harlem Renaissance began, many historians believe that it began in 1919 and ended in the mid-to-early 1930s. World War I and the Great Migration contributed to the Harlem Renaissance. World War I, also known as the Great War or the War to End All Wars, was a global conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1919, with fighting lasting until 1918. There were many causes different at the origin of the First World War. Mutual defense alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism and an immediate cause is the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. Over time, countries across Europe reached mutual agreements that would draw them into battle. Before World War I, the alliances were Russia and Serbia, Germany and Austria-Hungary, France and Russia, Great Britain and France, and Belgium and Japan and Great Britain . Before the World War ... middle of paper ...... famous during the Harlem Renaissance were Aaron Douglas, Lois Mailou Jones and Jacob Lawrence. Aaron Douglas was an African-American painter and model of the Harlem Renaissance. Lois Mailou Jones was a female artist. She was born on November 3 in the year 1905. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. The writers, actors, painters, and poets of the Harlem Renaissance inspired writers, actors, painters, and poets in the same way that the musicians of the Harlem Renaissance influenced musicians. in today's society and this by paving the way for their recognition. At the end of the Harlem Renaissance, the Harlem Renaissance in general was the new identity that led to greater social consciousness, and African Americans became players on the world stage. The Harlem Renaissance redefined the way America and the world viewed the African American population.