harlem renaissance

In the summer of 1928, Lilly Belle Turner of Smyrna, Tennessee, participates in a young author's writing program, taught by Zora Neale Hurston and hosted by A'Lelia Walker in her Harlem teahouse at the height of the Harlem Renaissance.

Presents short stories, novel excerpts, poems, and essays by such early-twentieth-century African-American writers as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and W. E. B. DuBois, as well as interviews with jazz pianist James P. Johnson and painter Aaron Douglas.

Profiles eleven Black American writers from the middle of the 19th century through the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Features biographies of each author, critical extracts on their works, and bibliographies.

Volume one of Hughes' autobiography tells of his early years--in Paris and Harlem.

An overview of the Harlem Renaissance that explores the people, events, and accomplishments that shaped the era and its impact on the African-American community.

The Harlem Renaissance was ignited by a great migration from the rural South to the industrial North, the Harlem Renaissance celebrated unique aspects of African American culture and attracted audiences around the world.

Includes works of forty-five Renaissance writers including Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Marcus Garvey, Gwendolyn Bennett and Nella Larson.

Includes works of 45 Renaissance writers including Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Marcus Garvey, Gwendolyn Bennett and Nella Larson.

Contains critical articles which analyze important literary works from the Harlem Renaissance and provide information about the genre's most influential writers and works.

Presents a short history of the Harlem Renaissance in New York during the 1920s and 1930s when literature, art, and music flourished in the African-American community.