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 ...

Not a single painting, sketch, or sculpture was on view in the “Harlem on My Mind” galleries. No fine art by Black artists—no fine artwork of any kind, in fact—appeared.

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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 ...

James Van Der Zee was an African-American photographer known for his distinctive portraits from the Harlem Renaissance. The artist used photography as a means not only to celebrate black culture but ...

"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 ...

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 ...