The Harlem Renaissance

  • The Harlem Renaissance: A Historical Exploration of Literature
    The Harlem Renaissance: A Historical Exploration of Literature
    By Lynn Domina

    Some examples include Power by Linda Hogan, Tracks by Louise Erdrich, “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane, and The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum. 4. Read a piece of nonfiction that explores a natural disaster. Some examples are The Perfect ...

  • The Harlem Renaissance: An Interactive History Adventure
    The Harlem Renaissance: An Interactive History Adventure
    By Allison Lassieur

    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.

  • The Harlem Renaissance: An Interactive History Adventure
    The Harlem Renaissance: An Interactive History Adventure
    By Allison Lassieur

    Allison Lassieur. Abraham hasn't come back from the lake when you hear shouting in the streets. Outside, people are running up and down the street. “What's going on?” you shout from the window. “A black youth, Eugene Williams, ...

  • The Harlem Renaissance
    The Harlem Renaissance
    By Adam Richard Schaefer

    Langston Hughes remains a giant in the world of American poetry . Countee Cullen and Claude McKay are also well known and widely read . Claude McKay was born in Jamaica , but later moved to Harlem . His poems captured the spirit of the ...

  • The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction
    The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction
    By Cheryl A. Wall

    Edited by Michael S. Harper. New York: Harper and Row, 1980. Campbell, Mary S. Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America. New York: Harry Abrams, 1987. Gerald Early, ed. My Soul's High Song: The Collected Writings of Countee Cullen.

  • The Harlem Renaissance: An Explosion of African-American Culture
    The Harlem Renaissance: An Explosion of African-American Culture
    By Richard Worth

    "Explores the Harlem Renaissance, a reawakening of African-American culture, including literature, the arts, theater, and music, motivated by a goal to achieve equal rights"--Provided by publisher.

  • The Harlem Renaissance: A History and an Anthology
    The Harlem Renaissance: A History and an Anthology
    By Cary Wintz

    Concluding with a bibliography, this volume serves as a brief introduction to the Harlem Renaissance, its writers, and the rich body of literature they produced.

  • The Harlem Renaissance
    The Harlem Renaissance
    By Dana Meachen Rau

    Discusses the creation of the Harlem Renaissance, the African Americans in the spotlight there, and the legacy of future generations long after its heyday.

  • The Harlem Renaissance
    The Harlem Renaissance
    By Stuart A. Kallen

    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.

  • The Harlem Renaissance
    By Tim McNeese

    Discusses the origins and lasting impact of the Harlem Renaissance.

  • The Harlem Renaissance
    The Harlem Renaissance
    By James Haskins

    Chronicles the early twentieth-century artistic and intellectual revolution in black America.

  • The Harlem Renaissance: An African American Cultural Movement
    The Harlem Renaissance: An African American Cultural Movement
    By Tamra B. Orr

    The Harlem Renaissance was an exciting period in American history, and readers are placed in the middle of this vibrant African American cultural movement through engaging main text, annotated quotations from historical figures and scholars ...

  • The Harlem Renaissance
    The Harlem Renaissance
    By Veronica Chambers

    Recounts the vibrant personalities and remarkable cultural movements that flourished in America's leading Black community during the 1920s and 1930s.

  • The Harlem Renaissance: An Interactive History Adventure
    The Harlem Renaissance: An Interactive History Adventure
    By Allison Lassieur

    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.

  • The Harlem Renaissance: Profiles in Creativity
    The Harlem Renaissance: Profiles in Creativity
    By Cheryl Willis Hudson

    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 ...

  • The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction
    The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction
    By Cheryl A. Wall

    In this Very Short Introduction, Cheryl A. Wall captures the Harlem Renaissance's zeitgeist by identifying issues and strategies that engaged writers, musicians, and visual artists alike.

  • The Harlem Renaissance: Authors A-H
    The Harlem Renaissance: Authors A-H
    By Janet Witalec

    This 3-volume set includes entries on the major topics, authors and works of the period complete with reprinted full text literary criticism. Volume 1 features an introduction to the Harlem...

  • The Harlem Renaissance
    The Harlem Renaissance
    By Kevin Hillstrom

    "Provides a detailed, factual account of the emergence and development of the Harlem Renaissance and its ongoing effect on American society. Features include a narrative overview, biographical profiles, primary source...

  • The Harlem Renaissance: Authors I-Z
    The Harlem Renaissance: Authors I-Z
    By Janet Witalec

    This 3-volume set includes entries on the major topics, authors and works of the period complete with reprinted full text literary criticism. Volume 1 features an introduction to the Harlem...

  • The Harlem Renaissance
    The Harlem Renaissance
    By Harold Bloom

    This volume examines the defining themes and styles of African-American literature during this period, which laid the groundwork for contemporary African-American writers.