Famous Black artists have changed the landscape ... In 1991, it was adapted into a children’s book that earned the Harlem-born artist over 20 awards, including the Caldecott Honor.

But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the Black ... on to found one of the country’s most famous dance ensembles. By all accounts, the ...

It also includes other groupings from the U.S. and Europe, including the famous fakes. Aaron Douglas, long time professor at Fisk University and a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance ...

With Taylor Swift singing songs about Clara Bow, audiences have turned their attention to the first days of cinema. But even ...

Her long-unpublished novel was the culmination of a years-long fascination. What does it reveal about her fraught views on civil rights?

He led the Harlem Renaissance, which saw Black poets and ... and his work remains a staple of the art form to this day. Langston Hughes poems are about the ordinary Black man—his struggle ...

It's easy to feel lost in a nation that has lost its bearings. But Nikki Giovanni's life and works will comfort us as we confront this latest unknown. “i hope ...

From the Fillmore’s jazz alley to Richmond’s bustling wartime scene, the Bay Area was the destination for a great wave of ...

From the Fillmore’s jazz alley to Richmond’s bustling wartime scene, the Bay Area was the destination for a great wave of ...

McGrath grew up among Harlem Renaissance writers and started an ... poets, and other artists in the 1960s and 1970s, including Warhol and the Velvet Underground; she also ran a coat-check business ...

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Now, all of the neighborhood's factories and warehouses accommodate innovative gallery spaces, art studios and trade ... a cultural boom similar to the Harlem Renaissance, with such legendary ...