After graduating from Harvard with honors, he became the first Black Rhodes scholarship recipient in 1907. Another of the originators of the Harlem Renaissance, Charles S. Johnson worked with ...

The Harlem Renaissance gave voice to the black experience and established African Americans as a significant force in American culture. This was the stage set for Joe Louis's 1938 Harlem ...

Lois Mailou Jones led a long and prolific life as an artist, capturing an extraordinary range of subjects in her paintings.

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Entitled Enter the New Negro, the article in Vanity Fair at the time had a strong impact on the image of the modern African American and consequently on the power and spread of the ideas of the Harlem ...

The biographer’s ‘Joy Goddess’ (Scribner, June) explores the life and times of her great-grandmother A’Lelia Walker, the ...

The Legacy Ball will not only honor the Harlem Renaissance’s 100th anniversary, but celebrate its long-lasting influence on Black history, art, and fashion. WBM’s founder, Myrdith Leon ...

Florida Tech will celebrate the cultural legacy of the Black American experience by hosting its annual African American Read-In. “Black History: The Fabric of Our Lives” will be from 6:30 to 8 ...

The Iowa City Senior Center's (ICSC) Original Mature Groovers will hold the second annual Black History Ball ... With a theme of the Elegance of the Harlem Renaissance, the night will showcase ...

The work remains a crowd favorite. But more and more scholars are starting to see ‘Rhapsody’ as a whitewashed version of Harlem’s vibrant Black music scene. Led by a Black businessman named ...

The Harlem Renaissance gave voice to the black experience and established African Americans as a significant force in American culture. This was the stage set for Joe Louis's 1938 Harlem ...