The Harlem Renaissance was one of the most important artistic and cultural milestones in modern history, and a sweeping new exhibit at The New York Historical highlights how this era was — as Henry ...

The Harlem Renaissance made Harlem a hub of Black creativity in the 1920s and 1930s. In jazz clubs, literary salons, and speakeasies, Black queer artists expressed themselves, challenged norms, and ...

This year, the U.S. Book Show moves to Harlem on the heels of the centennial anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. Much has happened in the neighborhood since the seminal works of Langston Hughes, ...

Outside the Washington Heights branch of the New York Public Library in Manhattan stands a metal post topped with an unassuming blue plaque bearing golden letters — an easily overlooked marker that’s ...