During the Harlem Renaissance the African American culture of both men and women had blossomed greatly. The unfolding of this culture came with new novelists, poets, and artists that honored their culture and came up with new questions of race. Not to forget that “New Negro” had entered Americas vocabulary. Jean Toomer’s Cane in 1923 set the tone for this glorious time. The Cane has a collection of short stories, poems and pictures that showed all the good that came from the African culture and all luxury that came from it. Another writer named Claude Mckay was a militant writer who wrote about all of the depression and struggles that the African people ad to go through, to receive the respect that they deserved. He wrote about the money struggle that they went through and all of the discrimination that they faced, but they still strive to get what they deserve. Langston Hughes was the most influential writer of his time, who instead of writing about all of the struggles and politics, he chose to write about the celebration of the African American culture and life. African American women also wrote about their life and craving for independence, which both black and white women felt strongly about. One women writer that is known for Their Eyes were Watching God, was Zora Neale Huston in 1937. The lasting impact of the Harlem Renaissance was that it gave a voice to the African Culture, but had ended with the financial collapse otherwise known Great Depression.