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- Harlem Renaissance - Discussion of literature, poetry, and book reviews, in addition providing articles dedicated to the enormous contributions of African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance era.
- About Harlem Renaissance Women - Women's History - Links to biographical material on women who were part of the movement, from the About.com Guide to Women's History.
- The Harlem Renaissance - A brief overview of the literary movement, with a list of major book sources and hints on using other resources (many online) available through some university and other libraries.
- Eyecon Art - The Harlem Renaissance - History of the African-American cultural movement which was first known as "The New Negro Movement" and later as the Harlem Renaissance. Sample artwork and facts about the artists.
- Poets of the Harlem Renaissance and After - Offers a brief guide.
- The Harlem Renaissance - A collection of art, poetry, and prose. Includes a link to subscribe to an email discussion list.
- Johnson, James Weldon - Biography of the Harlem Renaissance poet, explication of "Since You Went Away", bibliographies, and links to other Johnson, Harlem Renaissance, and poetry sites.
- Harlem Renaissance, 1919-1937 - A research guide and reference, with background, list of individuals (many with links to further information), timeline, assessment of the importance of the movement.
- Rhapsodies in Black - Introduction to the period of the flowering of the arts in the black community in Harlem. Included are backgrounds for artists, a bibliography, and a chronology.
- Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance - A Smithsonian page dealing mainly with Hughes' connection to Harlem.
Wikipedia Articles
- Harlem Renaissance - The Harlem Renaissance (also known as the Black Literary Renaissance and New Negro Renaissance) refers to the blooming of African American cultural and intellectual life during the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the anthology The New Negro, edited by ...
- New York Renaissance - The New York Renaissance, also known as the Rens, were an all-black professional basketball team founded in 1922, a few years before the Harlem Globetrotters. They were named after the Harlem Renaissance Casino, an upscale reception hall of that time, which served as their titular home court.
- Creole Renaissance - The Creole Renaissance is a movement which established Creole as legitimate literary language, started in large part by authors like Felix Morisseau-Leroy, who struggled successfully to make Haitian Kreyol the literary, educational, and official language of Haiti. This grew, in part, out of the Negritude and Haitian Indigenism movements and the Harlem Renaissance.
- New Negro - The phrase New Negro was in use long before the Harlem Renaissance. It has been used in African American discourses at least since 1895 and the concept(s) associated with the term evolved over the years to become critical to the African American scene during the first three decades of the twentieth century, receiving the most attention during the ...
- Harlem - Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major black cultural and business center. After being associated for much of the twentieth century with black culture, but also crime and poverty, it is now experiencing a social and economic renaissance.