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 city and the era picked up the moniker “Harlem Renaissance.” For Blacks, the 1920s were more a beginning than a renaissance. Nothing like it had ever come to urban America. Jazz and blues, ...

Before Malcolm Little became Malcolm X, John Sanford adopted the stage name Redd Foxx, and most of the world knew Charlie Parker as Bird, they could be found at Jimmy’s Chicken Shack in Harlem. Back ...

Pop culture critic Miles Marshall Lewis explores the throughline from the Harlem Renaissance to hip-hop in The Met’s new exhibition. A stone’s throw from Harlem, on the stately campus of Columbia ...

To celebration the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance, Renaissance New York Harlem Hotel and Myrdith Leon-McCormack, present the Legacy Ball of Harlem. Few truly understand, I mean ‘TRULY’ ...

An immersive article spotlights choreographers who are carrying forward the legacy of Black dance forms that flourished 100 years ago. By Marcelle Hopkins Marcelle Hopkins is a visual editor for the ...

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance, World Bride Magazine (WBM) hosted its first annual Legacy Ball of Harlem. The gala occurred on May 5, 2025, in Harlem to celebrate ...

Eric K. Washington is a New York City-based historian and author of Boss of the Grips A’Lelia Bundles to Discuss Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance with Eric K. Washington, author ...

It was the time of the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age, when many African Americans migrated to New York City and Black culture flourished, elbowing its way into the mainstream. Those movements ...

*(Harlem, NY) — In its 14th celebratory year, the nationally syndicated Café Mocha radio show’s Salute HER Awards 2024 shined a light on Black women who have made history and have excelled beyond odds ...