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

The Harlem Renaissance was a powerful rebuke to those stereotypes and the negative self-image that often resulted for Black people. This did not mean that the writers idealized things, though.

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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 ...

"She should be the face of the Harlem Renaissance," Murray said of the period in which ... where every day she went to the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. She ...