The poem remains by far the most famous work by Cuney (1906–1976), who had deep family roots in Texas and began writing during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s.

The poem resonates with the themes of perseverance and hope, embodying the spirit of endurance that is at the heart of the ...

In the poem “Harlem,” Langston Hughes asks a critical question about our lives. We all have dreams, ambitions and goals to achieve. But what happens to a dream deferred? While Hughes may have asked ...

The pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance wrote about race, love, ordinary Americans and relatable struggles. These phenomenal Langston Hughes poems are the perfect introduction to his impressive body ...

The love poem, written on Spencer’s copy of “Dreer’s Garden Book,” celebrates her joy of being able to love, even if she can do little else. “She was often criticized for not being political, for ...

In the 1920s and 1930s, Harlem was buzzing with the roaring sounds of jazz, the chatter of new ideas, and new rhythms of poetry. The Upper Manhattan neighborhood was the birthplace and namesake of ...

NPR's Pien Huang talks with Victoria Christopher Murray, author of Harlem Rhapsody, a novel that serves as a love letter to the heart of Black creativity and possibility in the 1920s.

Langston Hughes (1901–67) was a poetic innovator and a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Through his poetry, novels, plays, essays and children’s books, he sought to honestly depict ...

This Lynchburg poet’s home served as an outpost of the Harlem Renaissance Anne Spencer’s house and garden illuminate her inspirations, and the regard of the influential figures who visited.