Harlem Becomes Center of Black Radical Political Thought and Cultural Production

By 1919, Harlem had become the center of Black American intellectual, cultural, and political life. The NAACP's headquarters, A. Philip Randolph's Messenger, Marcus Garvey's Negro World, and W.E.B. Du Bois's Crisis all operated from New York. Harlem hosted political debates, cultural events, and organizing that defined the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.