How do musicians during the Harlem Renaissance relate to musicians in today's society and how do they influence them? Musicians relate to and influence musicians in today's society for many different reasons. However, not only do musicians during the Harlem Renaissance relate to and influence musicians in today's society, but so do the artists, actors, painters, and poets of the Harlem Renaissance. During the 1920s the Harlem Renaissance blossomed in African American culture, particularly the creative arts and influential movement in African American literary history. Without the Harlem Renaissance, today's eminent figures such as Beyoncé Knowles, Jay-Z, Morris Chestnut, Maya Angelou and Gabrielle Union would not be relevant. The Harlem Renaissance refers to the “rebirth” of African American intellectual life during 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. Some of the contributions to the Harlem Renaissance were World War I and the Great Migration. 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. The causes of World War I were many and varied . mutual defense alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism and an immediate cause is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Over time, countries across Europe made mutual agreements that would bring them into battle. Before the First World War the alliances were Russia and Serbia, Germany and Austria-Hungary, France and Russia, Great Britain and France, Belgium, Japan and Great Britain. Before the World War... center of card... famous during the Harlem Renaissance were Aaron Douglas, Lois Mailou Jones and Jacob Lawrence. Aaron Douglas was an African American painter and model in 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. Writers, actors, painters, and poets during the Harlem Renaissance inspire writers, actors, painters, and poets in the same way that musicians during the Harlem Renaissance influence musicians in today's society, 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 actors on the world stage. The Harlem Renaissance redefined how America, and the world, viewed the African American population.