intellectual life

Traces the history and development of the Jewish community on Manhattan's Lower East Side, discussing how it came to symbolize the entire Jewish community in the United States.

Examines the Harlem Renaissance, providing information about the people, religion, recreation, and art of the era, and introducing prominent figures of the movement.

An introduction to the period in the 1920s known as the Harlem Renaissance, when the expression of African American creativity in many forms flourished.

Presents biographies of six African Americans prominent in the arts and business worlds during the period known as the Harlem Renaissance--Bessie Smith, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, A'lelia Walker, Augusta Fells Savage, and Arturo A. Schomburg.

Offers a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance, discussing how it sparked a period of intellectual, artistic, literary, and political blossoming for many African-Americans.

An encyclopedia of Native American literatures featuring articles on individual authors, on individual works, on important characters in works, and on terms and events of historical significance that figure in many of the works.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that introduce the major writers and great works of the Harlem Renaissance, a period characterized by a flowering of African-American literature and other artistic endeavors.

Offers a comprehensive range of historical and contemporary information on African-American life and culture.

A collection of essays in which the author shares his thoughts on race, arguing that many of the problems often seen as unique to African-Americans are actually just human, and discussing the need for African-Americans to quit presenting themselves as victims.