9 th - century ▁baseball ▁players ▁Category : 1 8 5 1 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 3 3 ▁death s <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Chicago ▁Black ▁Renaissance ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Black ▁Chicago ▁Renaissance ) ▁was ▁a ▁cre ative ▁movement ▁that ▁bl oss omed ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Black ▁B elt ▁on ▁the ▁city ' s ▁South ▁Side ▁and ▁sp anned ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁before ▁a ▁transformation ▁in ▁art ▁and ▁culture ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 5 0 s ▁through ▁the ▁turn ▁of ▁the ▁century . ▁The ▁movement ▁included ▁such ▁famous ▁African - American ▁writers ▁as ▁Richard ▁Wright , ▁Margaret ▁Walker , ▁G wend ol yn ▁Bro oks , ▁Ar na ▁B ont em ps , ▁and ▁Lor raine ▁Hans berry , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁mus icians ▁Thomas ▁A . ▁Dor sey , ▁Louis ▁Arm strong , ▁Earl ▁H ines ▁and ▁Mah alia ▁Jackson ▁Art ists ▁include ▁William ▁Ed ou ard ▁Scott , ▁Elizabeth ▁Cat lett , ▁K atherine ▁Dun ham , ▁Charles ▁Wil bert ▁White , ▁Margaret ▁B urr ough s , ▁Charles ▁C . ▁Daw son , ▁Arch ib ald ▁John ▁Mot ley , ▁Jr ., ▁and ▁E ld z ier ▁Cort or . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Great ▁M igration , ▁which ▁brought ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁African - Amer icans ▁to ▁Chicago ' s ▁South ▁Side , ▁African - American ▁writers , ▁artists , ▁and ▁community ▁leaders ▁began ▁prom oting ▁ra cial ▁pride ▁and ▁a ▁new