A new exhibition at the University of Virginia’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections sheds light on an often-overlooked Harlem Renaissance poet in UVA’s backyard. The exhibition, titled “Anne ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Harlem Renaissance established the New York City neighborhood as a venue for creativity and ...

Langston Hughes once wrote that “in all my life I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing.” Hughes, the celebrated literary icon and ...

David Greaves was 26 when his father, the pioneering filmmaker William Greaves, asked him to be one of four cameramen ...

“We younger black artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We ...

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 ...

With the Cathedral of St. John the Divine as the backdrop, the future of Harlem’s cultural legacy gathered for a night of conversation. The Classical Theatre of Harlem hosted “Renaissance Reborn: ...

Harlem was not only the center of a renaissance in African-American literature and culture in the 1920s, writes Mason Stokes, but also a nexus for the exploration of homosexuality among black writers ...

Yale University's Beinecke Library is displaying Langston Hughes's collection of rent party cards, which advertised fundraising gatherings in an era of discriminatory Harlem rent. Rent party cards ...

The awakening : a memoir / Arna Bontemps -- Patterns of the Harlem Renaissance / George E. Kent -- Jean Toomer : as modern man / Larry E. Thompson -- Under the Harlem shadow : a study of Jessie Fauset ...