Harlem Renaissance
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These websites may help you in your research.
| Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro | Survey Graphic was a monthly illustrated journal published by Survey magazine, the premier journal of social work in America in the 1920s. In November of 1924, the Survey devoted an issue to the African American "Renaissance" underway in Harlem. The result "was the first of several attempts to formulate a political and cultural representation of the New Negro and the Harlem community." (ELECTRONIC TEX CENTER) The actual journal has now been digitized. To read the articles and poetry go to "Contents of the Survey Graphic Harlem Number." |
| "What happens when creative and intellectual minds, wealthy patrons, and fervent activists live in the same place? Discover how prominent figures in Harlem influenced, challenged, and supported one another in the period between 1917 and 1935. Investigate how their collective and individual voices reflected and shaped what we now call the Harlem Renaissance." Site inlcudes information about Harlem, biographical information on actors, musicians, and other notable individuals, and multimedia materials related to their lives and work. | |
| Find out about one of the major figures in the Harlem Renaissance. | |
| Includes a chronology of events occuring leading up to, during, and after the Harlem Renaissance, exhibits on activism, arts, business, community, sports, and writers and intellectuals. Also links to other resources. | |
| Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance | At the dawning of the Jazz age in the early '20s, African American artists, writers and
musicians flocked to a district of Manhattan called Harlem. The area soon became home to a cultural
revolution, now known as the Harlem Renaissance. The rich artistic legacy of the Harlem Renaissance
includes the music of Bessie Smith, the paintings of Aaron Douglas and the poetry of Langston
Hughes. This Web site combines images and text highlighting key themes, including The Harlem
Renaissance, Representing the New Negro, Modernism and Modernity, A Blues Aesthetic, and Haiti and
Images of Black Nationhood.
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