This week Riverwalk Jazz captures the high spirit of the Harlem Renaissance with a program combining the music of Duke Ellington,Eubie Blake, Fats Waller and James P. Johnson with the poetry of ...

And dish water gives back no images. In 1926, the poem “No Images,” by nineteen-year-old Waring Cuney, won a literary contest hosted by Opportunity, a prominent magazine of Black culture published by ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Harlem Renaissance, spanning the late 1910s through mid-1930s, established the New York City ...

The Harlem Renaissance, a cultural and artistic movement that thrived during the 1920s, was a remarkable period in American history. It was a time when African-American art, literature, and music ...

Most people just see the sphinx. Then they notice the circles looped onto the sphinx’s backside, connecting it to an inexplicable J shape. Then the eye moves up to the name of a 1920s magazine: “FIRE!

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pop culture critic Miles Marshall Lewis explores the throughline from the Harlem Renaissance to hip-hop in The Met’s new ...

This collection, which dates from circa 1901-1940, contains 37 books from African-American authors associated with the Harlem Renaissance. These materials were purchased in support of the exhibit "The ...

At the beginning of February, the Main Library set up an exhibit showcasing works from the Harlem Renaissance, led by Library Specialist for Collections, Events and Outreach Karen Huck. The Harlem ...

The Garden Conservancy premiers a new documentary film, “Earth, I Thank You: The Garden and Legacy of Anne Spencer,” ...

Pop culture critic Miles Marshall Lewis explores the throughline from the Harlem Renaissance to hip-hop in The Met’s new exhibition. A stone’s throw from Harlem, on the stately campus of Columbia ...