‘High on the Hog’ features a love letter to Harlem. 14 vintage photos show what life was like in the historic neighborhood during the Harlem Renaissance.

• Netflix’s “High on the Hog” season two premiered on November 22. 
• Episode two explored the culinary and cultural relevance of Harlem, a prominent neighborhood in New York City.  
• Black community members’ food, art, and creativity thrived during The Harlem Renaissance.

The Harlem Renaissance describes a time in American history when Black people birthed a new identity for themselves in New York City.

According to History.com, the Harlem Renaissance, roughly from the 1910s to mid-1930s, sparked after World War I when many Black Americans fled Jim Crow-era racial discrimination in the South by moving north in the Great Migration. Black residents explored art, food, literature, theater, politics, and more in Harlem.

Over eight decades after the Harlem Renaissance ended, food historian and “High on the Hog” host Stephen Satterfield toured the famed neighborhood during season two.

“The move North created a cultural explosion that gave way to African American entrepreneurship and a new middle class,” Satterfield said.

Take a look at what life was like during the Harlem Renaissance.

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