A new exhibition at the University of Virginia’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections sheds light on an often-overlooked Harlem Renaissance poet in UVA’s backyard. The exhibition, titled “Anne ...

Most people just see the sphinx. Then they notice the circles looped onto the sphinx’s backside, connecting it to an inexplicable J shape. Then the eye moves up to the name of a 1920s magazine: “FIRE!

Harlem was synonymous with the arts. But what I didn’t know was how that had come to be. By Veronica Chambers This article is also a weekly newsletter. Sign up for Race/Related here. As a kid growing ...

The Harlem Renaissance, a cultural and artistic movement that thrived during the 1920s, was a remarkable period in American history. It was a time when African-American art, literature, and music ...

"Da Block" by Lance Johnson, inspired by Romare Bearden. Mixed media, 2021. Dance, art, literature, poetry, and of course, jazz are a few of the cultural achievements that defined the Harlem ...

Presents a selection of poems from authors who composed their work during the Harlem Renaissance, including such poets as Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Claude ...

This collection, which dates from circa 1901-1940, contains 37 books from African-American authors associated with the Harlem Renaissance. These materials were purchased in support of the exhibit "The ...

Yale University's Beinecke Library is displaying Langston Hughes's collection of rent party cards, which advertised fundraising gatherings in an era of discriminatory Harlem rent. Rent party cards ...

On March 21, 1924, a group of Black and white artists and intellectuals got together at New York’s Civic Club for a dinner party to celebrate author Jessie R. Fauset’s debut novel, “There is Confusion ...

During the Harlem Renaissance, some Black people hosted rent parties, celebrations with an undercurrent of desperation in the face of racism and discrimination. By Debra Kamin A series of cards with ...

A guest stop to read parts of the “FIRE!” magazine at entrance of the Silhouette exhibition inside The Wolfsonian - FIU on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in Miami Beach, Florida. Carl Juste ...