Describes the events of the Harlem Renaissance and explains its impact on arts and culture, in a book where the reader's choices reveal the historical details from three different perspectives.
During the Harlem Renaissance, African American culture blossomed thanks in part to the Great Migration, an increase in African Americans receiving formal educations, and national organizations being created to champion African Americans' ...
This book presents original essays that explore the eclecticism of Harlem Renaissance literature and culture.
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Teaching the Harlem Renaissance: Course Design and Classroom Strategies addresses the practical and theoretical needs of college and high school instructors offering a unit or a full course on the...
This book evaluates Carl Van Vechten's contribution to the Harlem Renaissance by presenting hitherto unexamined documentary evidence.
During the African American cultural resurgence of the 1920s and 1930s, professional athletes shared the spotlight with artists and intellectuals.
Explores the paintings, photographs, and performances significant to the Harlem Renaissance
Richard Bruce Nugent (1906–1987) was a writer, painter, illustrator, and popular bohemian personality who lived at the center of the Harlem Renaissance.
Author Stuart A. Kallen provides a fascinating overview of the African American cultural movement that began in the 1920s and was centered in Harlem, New York.
I find space in between these two positions, exploring neglected, often transatlantic, connections between modernism and the Harlem Renaissance, while remaining alert to the ways in which African American writers mobilized such ...