It is one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country — and its most devoted supporters say not enough people know about it. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Cultu ...

The Schomburg Centennial Festival was a reminder that in Harlem, Black joy, memory, and imagination are not just preserved ...

The Black Comic Book Festival and the Schomburg Literary Festival ran across a full day and featured readings, panel ...

Much has happened in Harlem since it first jumped to international literary acclaim in the 1920s. Yet as the stewards of the upper Manhattan neighborhood’s literary institutions look to preserve ...

While the Harlem Renaissance was centered in large part on literature and visual culture, "if you open it up to a wider understanding, Chicago was (author and filmmaker) Oscar Michaeux, Thomas ...

At the beginning of February, the Main Library set up an exhibit showcasing works from the Harlem Renaissance, led by Library Specialist for Collections, Events and Outreach Karen Huck. The Harlem ...

He saw the Harlem Renaissance celebration of Black culture as a step backward. Critics today have used the Renaissance as a beginning for African American literature, and Chesnutt was not part of it.

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 ...

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.