Harlem Renaissance, a blossoming (c. 1918–37) of African American culture, particularly in the creative arts, and the most influential movement in African American literary history. Learn more about the Harlem Renaissance, including its noteworthy works
Among Harlem Renaissance writers, Claude McKay was well-known for using traditionally European forms, especially the sonnet, to depict aspects of Black life that had been neglected by European and white American writers. "The Harlem Dancer" is just one of many poems in which he uses a form of...
Mar Gallego 2003: Passing Novels in the Harlem Renaissance: Identity Politics and Textual Strategies. Forum for European Contributions in African American Studies. Münster: Lit Verlag. 214 pp.Overall, and without overlooking or minimizing the gender-specific issues and related strategies of the ...
African American literature - Urban Realism, Harlem Renaissance, Protest Writing: Despite the enormous outpouring of creativity during the 1920s, the vogue of Black writing, Black art, and Black culture waned markedly in the early 1930s as the Great Depr
Art Harlem World Magazine Goes To Clement’s Place For A Harlem Night Of Jazz With Harlem’s Lee Odom By HWM Executive Editor Eartha Watts Hicks Jazz music provided the soundtrack that drove the Harlem Renaissance, and Harlem World Magazine’s partnership Subscriber event brought music reminiscent...
Black Americans and the Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance Black Americans have been an important part of New York’s population since the colonial days when they were brought to America as enslaved people by the Dutch. New York later became home to leaders of theAbolitionist Movement, including...