by Karlton JahmalBuzzFeedBuzzFeed StaffWhat's good! The project is named after the Harlem Renaissance, an artistic and cultural movement that took place in the early to mid-1900s. BuzzFeed It was driven by the Great Migration, which was the historic movement of Black people who fled the segregated and wildly racist South to Northern cities such as Harlem, Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, and Cleveland. The Harlem Renaissance empowered Black musicians, artists, writers, politicians, and businesses to challenge racist stereotypes, celebrate racial pride, and create a new cultural identity.