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The 1920s also witnessed the birth of the Harlem Renaissance-a flowering of African-American cultural and intellectual life which began to be absorbed into mainstream American culture.

Phi Beta Sigma fraternity brother Alain LeRoy Locke is unofficially credited as the " Father of the Harlem Renaissance.

" His philosophy served as a strong motivating force in keeping the energy and passion of the Movement at the forefront.

In addition to Locke, sigma brothers James Weldon Johnson and A. Phillip Randolph were participants in this creative emergence led primarily by the African-American community based in the neighborhood of Harlem in New York City.