Spanning the 1920s to the mid-1930s, the Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement that kindles a new black culture identity. Teacher Allan Locke described it by saying, "Negro life is seizing its first chances for group expression and self determination." Harlem became a enter of a "spiritual coming of age" in which Locke's "New Negro" transformed "social disillusionment to race pride." The Harlem Renaissance was more than a literary movement. it involved racial pride fueled by the "New Negro" demanding civil and political pride. The renaissance incorporated jazz and blues music, which attracted whites and interracial couples, but the renaissance had little impact on breaking the barriers of the Jim Crow Laws that separated ace. It's greatest impact was to reinforce race pride among blacks.