INTERNATIONAL IMPACT OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Paralleling New York was Paris, France, with a “Harlem Renaissance” of its own. The headquarters for African Americans from Harlem was in Montmartre, Paris, France. Musicians and poets, like Louis Armstrong, traveled to Paris groove with other black talent, learn new skills, and grow professionally. Paris was also the place in which black political activists held conferences, such as when W.E.B. Du Bois held Second Pan African Congress in 1919, which discussed European colonization of Africa.