Roy Haynes Smithsonian Interview Block 295 (Q5968)

Because during the '20s, you had the Harlem Renaissance. You had this growing black consciousness, a sense of self, a sense of pride, that manifests itself in this cultural you had poetry. You had Duke Ellington music. You had the arts. Then of course the 30s with the Depression, but still the music was thriving. Then the '40s there seemed to be a resurgence. I think you really are capturing ...