The Harlem Renaissance: Profiles in Creativity
- ISBN-10
- 1582737320
- ISBN-13
- 9781582737324
- Series
- The Harlem Renaissance
- Category
- African American arts
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Author
- Cheryl Willis Hudson
Description
Presents biographies of six African Americans prominent in the arts and business worlds during the period known as the Harlem Renaissance--Bessie Smith, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, A'lelia Walker, Augusta Fells Savage, and Arturo A. Schomburg.
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