“It [the Harlem Renaissance] was a time of black individualism, a time marked by a vast array of characters whose uniqueness challenged the traditional inability of white Americans to differentiate between blacks.” IndividualityAmerican HistoryCharactersDemographicsAfrican American HistoryHarlem RenaissanceRacial IdentityJazz Age StoriesCharacters In BooksHarlem New YorkAmerican Jazz Age Book:Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance Source: Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance