Philosopher, writer and educator Alain Locke was one of the organizers of the dinner for Fauset at The Civic Club and considered by many as the dean of the Harlem Renaissance. After graduating ...
In 1936, the anthropologist and noted Harlem Renaissance figure Zora Neale Hurston traveled to Jamaica to learn the customs and traditions of its free Black population. Her experience there ...
The book, out Tuesday, is a fictionalization of the lives of many of the Harlem Renaissance’s key figures, including Hughes, Countee Cullen, W.E.B. Du Bois, and the woman credited as the whole ...
In the famous New York neighborhood, a center of African American culture and home of the cultural flowering known as the Harlem Renaissance, 100,000 people poured out onto the streets.
is a continuation of Harlem's rich cultural legacy that blossomed during the Harlem Renaissance-a period that gave rise to artists of color whose works remain integral to the cultural fabric of today.
“The Harlem Renaissance never really ended,” Russell told the Pops audience in Music Hall. “It’s about the power of community.” Indeed, whether it was prose, a painting, dance or the ...