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The Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement that took place from the 1920s to the 1930s, that would utilize creative works to empower Black Americans and challenge racism and oppression. To advance racial empowerment and knowledge of cultural history, a number of Harlem Renaissance artists created murals to meet those goals. During the 1930s, outside of government one of the few institutions that supported muralism were Black colleges in the South. One example of such a work is Aaron Douglas’s Aspect of a Negro Life at the Fisk University, where Douglas educated and founded its art department. Like the murals created by the Mexican muralists, the murals created by Black artists were a topic of controversy for their messages, however, the use of these murals created during the Harlem Renaissance would later on influence community mural making, especially during the Civil Rights Movement.