In the early part of the twentieth century, the United States was a country dominated by racism and racial segregation; for the most part, white and black people lived separate lives. Harlem was the center of New York's (and perhaps the whole...

Although many different kinds of artistic expression flourished during the Harlem Renaissance, the period is probably most famous for its literature. For many people, the first names that come to mind when considering the Harlem Renaissance are those...

It seems that nobody can agree on the exact moment when the Harlem Renaissance began. Maybe that's because quite a few important things were happening at around the same time. Some historians claim that the return of the 369th Infantry Regiment...

Some of the most colorful and memorable visual images we have of the Harlem Renaissance were created by the painters, sculptors, and photographers who were active during the 1920s. While African American writers, dramatists, and musicians were...

In his autobiography, The Big Sea, Langston Hughes (1902–1967; see biographical entry) wrote of the Harlem Renaissance: "I was there. I had a swell time while it lasted. But I thought it wouldn't last long.... For how could a large...

Post-World War I Harlem was the undisputed center of a complex cultural movement out of which emerged a proliferation of black intellectuals, writers, musicians, actors, and visual artists. Variously called the Harlem Renaissance, the Negro...

a blossoming (&circa; 1918–37) of African American culture, particularly in the creative arts, and the most influential movement in African American literary history. Embracing literary, musical, theatrical, and visual arts, participants sought...

1890 Between 1890 and 1920, about two million African Americans migrate from the rural southern states to the northern cities, where they hope to find better opportunities and less discrimination. 1910 The National Association for the Advancement of...

A blossoming (&circa; 1918–37) of African American culture, particularly in the creative arts, centred in Harlem in New York City. As a literary movement, it laid the groundwork for all later African American literature and had a significant...

The Harlem Renaissance (also known as the Black Literary Renaissance and The New Negro Movement) refers to the flowering of African American cultural and intellectual life during the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro...