How the women who ran libraries during the Harlem Renaissance built collections and, just as important, communities of writers and readers. By Jennifer Schuessler It was a banner day in the ...

A lot of artists leave New Orleans and end up in Chicago." While the Harlem Renaissance was centered in large part on literature and visual culture, "if you open it up to a wider understanding ...

A’Lelia Bundles is finally telling the story of her namesake in her new book “Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem ...

Much has happened in Harlem since it first jumped to international literary acclaim in the 1920s. Yet as the stewards of the ...

Fauset didn’t just discover writers who have since become synonymous with the Harlem Renaissance; she was also one of them. “It’s not only that she discovered these people, but she helped ...

The Harlem Renaissance was a golden age of Black culture. An iconic period of our history, the time between 1920 and 1937 gave birth to Black literature, art, fashion and music that left a lasting ...

African American literature also flourished during the Harlem Renaissance. Acclaimed American writers like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston would often hold readings and parties in the ...

In “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism ... reading list of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, beyond literature and music, beyond the prewar decades, and beyond Upper ...

The theme for this year's event is "Harlem Renaissance" and will feature readings from writers of that era. Sonya Mallard, cultural center coordinator of the Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Memorial ...

When writers, artists and activists involved in the Harlem Renaissance traveled through the South, they would often stay with Spencer. “The Harlem Renaissance came to Anne Spencer,” Robertson said.