harlem renaissance

Cornet player Dixie Dwyer plays in Harlem's Cotton Club and has ambitions that are complicated by his connections with mobsters.

Features discussion of African-American writers and musicians associated with 1920s-era Harlem and includes footage of such artists as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Cab Calloway.

Contains sixteen plays written during the Harlem Renaissance by African-American authors including Langston Hughes, George Schuyler, and Shirley Graham, each with a biographical introduction.

A comprehensive anthology of short fiction written by African-American authors during the Harlem Renaissance.

Explores the life and career of Harlem Renaissance visual artist Aaron Douglas, looking at the ways in which he used his art to further the cause of racial equality; and includes numerous reproductions of his work.

Includes the most widely read novels and short stories of the Harlem Renaissance.

In 1920s Harlem, sixteen-year-old Mark Purvis, an aspiring jazz saxophonist, gets a summer job as an errand boy for the publishers of the groundbreaking African American magazine, "The Crisis," but soon finds himself on the enemy list of mobster Dutch Shultz.

"Presents information regarding the migration of African Americans from the southern states to the northern states from 1916 to 1970, including key events, and influential people and groups. Intended for fifth to eighth grade students"--Provided by publisher.