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BLACK HISTORY IN 2 MINUTES: HARLEM RENAISSANCE

From the Podcast series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. See also episodes on Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Du Bois, Madam C.J. Walker and Jazz.

FIGURES OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Poets

Langston Hughes ● Claude McKay ● Arna Wendell Bontemps ● Marcus Garvey ● Countee Cullen ● James Weldon Johnson ● Georgia Douglas Johnson ● Sterling Brown ● Gwendolyn Brooks ● Angelina Weld ● Gwendolyn B. Bennett

Visual Artists

Aaron Douglas ● Lois Mailou Jones ● Laura Wheeler Waring ● Charles Alston ● Meta Fuller ● Archibald Motley ● Augusta Savage ● Jacob Lawrence ● Palmer C. Hayden ● William Johnson ● James Van Der Zee

Musicians

Fletcher Henderson ● Earl "Fatha" Hines ● Cab Calloway ● James P. Johnson ● Dizzy Gillespie ● Thelonious Monk ● Count Basie ● "Jelly Roll" Morton ● King Oliver ● Charlie Parker ● Art Tatum ● Fats Waller

Writers

Alain LeRoy Locke ● ‎Zora Neale Hurston ● Arna Bontemps ● Dorothy West ● Rudolph Fisher ● W.E.B. Du Bois ● Georgia Douglas Johnson ● Nella Larsen ● Jessie Redmon Fauset ● James Weldon Johnson ● Jean Toomer ● James Baldwin ● ‎Countee Cullen ● Jessie Redmon Fauset ● George Schuyler ● Gwendolyn B. Bennett ● Langston Hughes ● Walter White ● A. Philip Randolph ● Wallace Thurman ● Chandler Owen

Singers

Ella Fitzgerald ● Adelaide Hall ● Lottie Gee ● Cab Calloway ● Ethel Waters ● Avon Long ● Aida Ward ● Edith Wilson ● Ma Rainey ● Bessie Smith ● Louis Armstrong ● Paul Robeson ● Josephine Baker ● Fats Waller ● Billie Holiday ● Lena Horne

Dancers

Josephine Baker ● Bill "Bo jangles" Robinson ● George Snowden ● Herbert White ● Earl "Snakehips" Tucker ● Mildred Dixon ● Florence Mills ● The Nicholas Brothers ● Stepin Fetchit ● Butterbeans and Suzy ● Evelyn Welch

Leaders

Marcus Garvey ● Oscar DePriest ● A. Philip Randolph ● L.S. Alexander Gumby ● Madam C.J. Walker ● Alain LeRoy Locke ● W.E.B. Du Bois ● Walter White ● James Weldon Johnson

LIBRARY CATALOG

Writer Zora Neale Hurston

Writer James Baldwin

Louis Armstrong

Trumpet Player & Singer Louis Armstrong

Leader & Writer W.E.B. DuBois

"Street Shadows" by Painter Jacob Lawrence

Singer Billie Holiday

Poet Langston Hughes

Poet Claude McKay

DATABASES

ABC-CLIO This link opens in a new window
A good place to start for concise background information. See the Topic Center on the Harlem Renaissance and / or search directly for your character. or conversation topic.
Britannica: High School This link opens in a new window
Good place to start for concise background / biographical information on individual figures and conversation topics.
GALE IN CONTEXT: Biography This link opens in a new window
Search directly for your figure - lots of sources in this database dedicated specifically to biography.
GALE Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Use for literary figures - biography, work overviews and critical analysis.
Bloom's Literature This link opens in a new window
Browse by Harlem Renaissance Literary Movement or search for directly for name of author (Lastname, Firstname). This resource also includes the full-text of poems.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
LOGIN USING GOOGLE (must be signed in to your school account). Best for scholarly journal articles, primary sources and images.
PROQUEST This link opens in a new window
PROQUEST PASSWORD HAS CHANGED! Username remains the same; new password is the same with 2! at the end. IMPORTANT: when using ProQuest at home: make sure pop-ups are allowed on your device. Contact librarian if you need help.

St.James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
In-depth entry on the Harlem Renaissance - links to other sources on it as well can be accessed from this site.

The databases above are the most useful for this specific project. For our other databases, visit the library online databases. Need passwords? Email the library.

ARTS & LETTERS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

I, TOO, SING AMERICA: THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE AT 100

(5:28) Guest Curator and author Wil Haygood talks about the Harlem Renaissance and the I, Too, Sing America exhibition at Columbus Museum of Art, October 19, 2018 - January 20, 2019.

USEFUL WEBSITES

Academy of American Poets: Harlem Renaissance
Includes poet biographical information and full-text of poems.
The Dinner Party That Started the Harlem Renaissance
New York Times article commemorating the 100 year anniversary.
Drop Me off in Harlem: The Kennedy Center
Meet the artists, writers, dancers, musicians, activists, philosophers, and patrons of the Harlem Renaissance between the years of 1917 and 1935. Discover the places they congregated and explore how this period in American history was documented through art, literature, journalism, theater, and film.
Harlem Renaissance: National Gallery of Art
Focuses on the visual arts (works and biographies) of the Harlem Renaissance.
The Harlem Renaissance: Origins, Influences, and Currents
This online exhibition highlights books, magazines, photographs, and ephemera, that explore how authors and
artists created visions of Black modernity that extended beyond New York to become a national and global movement.
Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series: MOMA
Interactive online exhibition focusing on Lawrence's painting series.
Library of Congress Research Guide: Harlem Renaissance
See the Digital Collections and Related Resources sections for primary source materials and other info.
Place, Culture, and Representation: The Art and Politics of the Harlem Renaissance
Photographic collection that explores the post-war era, which gave rise to several organized political and economic movements that helped fuel the Harlem Renaissance.
Poetry Foundation: Intro to the Harlem Renaissance
Includes contextual essay, biographical information on poets and full-text of selected works.
A Visual History of the Harlem Renaissance
A New York Times Interactive article celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance.