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The Big Band Jubilee takes place yearly, showcasing Harlem and its commitment to Black history, particularly on the holiday ...
Music and dancing filled the streets Thursday night as residents turned out for the fourth annual Big Band Jubilee.
An ocean away from New York City, the Harlem Renaissance took hold in Europe, changing the way music was made forever. Starting Friday, a festival hosted by New World Symphony will bring Europe ...
Also known as the New Negro Movement, the Harlem Renaissance was a movement of the 1920s and '30s that sought to redefine ...
The Harlem Renaissance — known then as the "New Negro Movement" — saw the rise of jazz, ... be it dance, music, writing, poetry. It's a very vibrant robust period. ...
The Harlem Renaissance is not only a historical story. The 1920s were called the Jazz Age because the music, and the movements that it inspired, gave the decade a distinctly American groove, one ...
It's been a century since the artistic experimentation of the Harlem Renaissance gave birth to jazz, the music art form, in the roaring 1920s and 1930s. Without a doubt it was "one of the queerest ...
This course will introduce students to African-American fiction, drama, poetry, nonfiction, art, music, and film of the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance marks a seminal historical moment in ...
From theater to music to literature, the New York City neighborhood was the location Black folk gravitated to a century ago to establish careers or to bask in its intellectual flames.
The second exhibit drew upon Special Collections’ significant selection of music, monographs and more from the Harlem Renaissance. The current exhibition, a partnership between UVA Library and the ...