Harlem Renaissance
A period of African American literary, artistic, and intellectual activity centered in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem, spanning from the 1920s to the mid-1930s. Considered one of the most significant periods of cultural production in US history, the Harlem Renaissance fostered a new African American cultural identity.
Featured Works
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Cane
Martin Puryear
2000
Grain Elevators
James Lesesne Wells
1928
In many of the communities the Negro press was read conti...
Jacob Lawrence
1940-41
Sunday Promenade from Hale Woodruff: Selections from the ...
Hale Woodruff
1931–46, published 1996
Couple, Harlem
James Van Der Zee
1932
Study for the book God's Trombones by James Weldon Johnson
Aaron Douglas
1926