'Judge Dan' dies; once sentenced a man to 150 years for beating boy to death. Judge Daniel Tillman. Judge Daniel Tillman was an imposing figure in his courtroom in St. Louis Circuit Court, particularly for those who had done wrong. âJudge Dan,â as some called him, stood 6 feet, 4 inches and weighed 250 pounds. He once sent a man to prison for 150 years for beating to death a 2-year-old boy he was trying to potty-train. Judge Tillman worked hard to come up with what he considered to be just the right sentence. He wanted justice â for the defendant and the victim.
Harlem would see new black writers in the years to come. Musicians, poets, and artists would continue to make their home there, but it never again served as the focal point of a creative movement with the national and international impact of the Harlem Renaissance. Johnson did not personally witness the 1935 Riot.
The Movement also included the new African-American cultural expressions across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States affected by the Great Migration (African American) , of which Harlem was the largest. The Harlem Renaissance was considered to be a rebirth of African American arts.hough it was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, in addition, many francophone black writers from African and Caribbean colonies who lived in Paris were also influenced by the Harlem Renaissance.