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Back in stock! Ephemera Press' popular Pictorial Map of the Harlem Renaissance is now available in its second printing. Carefully researched by a team of scholars, the map features the homes of Harlem ...
NEW HAVEN >> A map depicting a “playful rendering” of Harlem nightlife in the early 1930s has been acquired by the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University. The map, which ...
While the Harlem Renaissance was a redefining time for Black Americans, it was about more than just music or literature. It was a time of empowerment, where people shared their hopes, struggles and ...
The Harlem Renaissance occurred before the Great Depression, WW2, and numerous inventions; however, it’s still celebrated and recognized today. In the 1920s, Harlem was the epicenter of Black ...
Step back in time to remember and celebrate the Queer Harlem Renaissance on these new walking tours. The experience traverses Harlem to witness the people, places and histories of the 1920s-1930s ...
Filling in the Harlem River, which is seven miles long and on average more than 400 feet wide, while leaving room for a beautiful stream in the center, would create 400 to 800 acres of land—four ...
Harlem Haberdashery sells clothing and accessories inspired by the Renaissance “adding a future-forward edge.” Credit: Alamy Stock Photo/Richard Levine / Alamy Stock Photo ...
Harlem was the center of black culture, “but we realize this renaissance was a cultural movement happening all over the U.S. and beyond,” Mwenso says. “Pittsburgh and Chicago were jumping.
A while back, Victoria Christopher Murray set out on a mission to learn about the women of the Harlem Renaissance. But in her research, she mostly found stories about men – until she came across ...
The exhibit “Gather Out of Star-Dust: The Harlem Renaissance & The Beinecke Library” is part of the Beinecke’s year-long celebration of the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of African American ...