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Call Of Cthulhu

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LANGSTON HUGHES

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James Weldon Johnson

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James Weldon Johnson (Lift Every Voice and Sing)

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Slaves Today: A Story of Liberia by George Schuyler. New York: 1931. First edition. Scarce novel by the Harlem Renaissance-era novelist and firebrand, later turned conservative columnist. Listed on Biblio by Between the Covers - Rare Books Inc, ABAA Higher Learning, Harlem Renaissance, Liberia, Columnist, Literature, Novels, York, United States

Higher Learning

Harlem Renaissance

Slaves Today: A Story of Liberia by George Schuyler. New York: 1931. First edition. Scarce novel by the Harlem Renaissance-era novelist and firebrand, later turned conservative columnist. Listed on Biblio by Between the Covers - Rare Books Inc, ABAA

Welcome to Harlem

Welcome to Harlem

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The Cotton Club

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Renaissance Artists

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Zora Neale Hurston

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The Man Who Led the Harlem Renaissance—and His Hidden Hungers | The New Yorker Native American History, African American Women, British History, African Americans, Black Orpheus, Gordon Parks, Black Artists

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The Man Who Led the Harlem Renaissance—and His Hidden Hungers | The New Yorker

Duke Ellington performed regularly here, and Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday both launched their careers at the venue’s amateur night. You can say that the Apollo Theater was the ‘Motown’ before Motown. Today, the theater stands as an artifact on the bustling 125th street. Dance Hip Hop, Billy Holiday, Madonna, The Jackson Five, Apollo Theater, Michigan

The Jackson Five

Duke Ellington performed regularly here, and Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday both launched their careers at the venue’s amateur night. You can say that the Apollo Theater was the ‘Motown’ before Motown. Today, the theater stands as an artifact on the bustling 125th street.

5 Writers of the Harlem Renaissance: Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. African American Poets, Racial Groups, Writers And Poets, Playwright, Gentleman Style, Way Of Life

African American Poets

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5 Writers of the Harlem Renaissance: Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.

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Native American

Vocalists of the Harlem Renaissance

Stephanie Aponte

Stephanie Aponte

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Vintage Photographs

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Black Cotillion ball Harlem 1940s

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Antique Pictures

Harlem Renaissance…1920’s

Langston Hughes (1902-1967). Playwright, novelist, and poet who due to his African American themes made him a primary contributor to the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920's. Gil Scott Heron

Gil Scott Heron

Langston Hughes (1902-1967). Playwright, novelist, and poet who due to his African American themes made him a primary contributor to the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920's.

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Langston Hughes' born Feb. 1, 1902. "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?" Afro, Raining Men, African History, Before Us

African History

Langston Hughes' born Feb. 1, 1902. "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?"

One cannot discuss Paris during the 1920's without including the singer and erotic dancer Josephine Baker. "La Baker" was an African American, probably of mixed race, who left America for Paris after encountering racism and censorship. By comparison, the jazz age in Paris was exotic, sensual and inviting for African American entertainers. Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and Picasso were all fans of Josephine Baker. Josephine Baker, Man Ray, Jazz Age, Ernest Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, Flocking, 1920s, The Twenties

Josephine Baker

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One cannot discuss Paris during the 1920's without including the singer and erotic dancer Josephine Baker. "La Baker" was an African American, probably of mixed race, who left America for Paris after encountering racism and censorship. By comparison, the jazz age in Paris was exotic, sensual and inviting for African American entertainers. Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and Picasso were all fans of Josephine Baker.

Octavia Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant. Butler passed away on February 24, 2006. Butler, Black Children's Books, Great Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Motivational, Black Authors, Writer Quotes, Quotable Quotes

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Octavia Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant. Butler passed away on February 24, 2006.

Claude McKay, Author of "Home To Harlem" Harlem Renaissance Writers, Black History Poems, Most Famous Poems, American Poetry

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Claude McKay, Author of "Home To Harlem"

Richmond Barthe Artwork | Richmond Barthé, 1901-1989 James Richmond Barthé was an African-American sculptor known for his many public works, including the Toussaint L’Ouverture Monument in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and a sculpture of Rose McClendon for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. Famous African American Artists, Famous Black Artists, Famous African Americans, Art History

Famous African American Artists

Famous Black Artists

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Richmond Barthe Artwork | Richmond Barthé, 1901-1989 James Richmond Barthé was an African-American sculptor known for his many public works, including the Toussaint L’Ouverture Monument in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and a sculpture of Rose McClendon for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater.

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Aaron Douglas, The Founding of Chicago, circa 1933, Gouache on paperboard, 14-3/4 × 12-3/8", Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret, Clevenger Fund, 2006.0027. Art Cart, Art Moderne, Figure Painting, Art Google

Figure Painting

Aaron Douglas, The Founding of Chicago, circa 1933, Gouache on paperboard, 14-3/4 × 12-3/8", Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret, Clevenger Fund, 2006.0027.

Stuart Davis, Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance Romare Bearden, Art Deco

Stuart Davis, Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance

Aaron Douglas's dust jacket for Claude McKay's book "Home to Harlem" in Caroline Goeser's book "Picturing the New Negro: Harlem Renaissance Print Culture and Modern Black Identity" pages 47-50 Black History, Who Is A Teacher, English Novels, Storytelling

Who Is A Teacher

Aaron Douglas's dust jacket for Claude McKay's book "Home to Harlem" in Caroline Goeser's book "Picturing the New Negro: Harlem Renaissance Print Culture and Modern Black Identity" pages 47-50

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Flyer with drawing by Aaron Douglas advertising Krigwa Players Little Theater Group, established in 1925 by W.E.B. Du Bois and Regina Anderson. Little Theatre, Magic Realism, Black White Art, Woodblock Print

Black White Art

Woodblock Print

Flyer with drawing by Aaron Douglas advertising Krigwa Players Little Theater Group, established in 1925 by W.E.B. Du Bois and Regina Anderson.