Harlem got so much attention in part because New York was such a hub of publishing. "These were the ways we measure renaissance at that time — arts and letters," Baldwin says.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art mounts an almost overwhelmingly ambitious exhibition focused on black art from the 1920s through the ’40s.

But, Murray said, if Fauset and Du Bois hadn’t been maintaining a rumored secret love affair, the entire legacy, including the Harlem Renaissance, may not have occurred.

Anne Spencer and The Harlem Renaissance . Curator Karen Sherry gave a tour of the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond and discussed the life of poet Anne Spencer and her role during ...

The Big Band Jubilee marks its fifth annual music celebration honoring Juneteenth while recognizing Harlem's place in Black ...

The Harlem Renaissance is one of the most iconic eras of all time. During the 1920s and 30s, the Harlem neighborhood in New York City birthed art that would live on within culture. From musical ...

A young couple poses on West 127th Street in Harlem with their shiny new Cadillac. She wears a cloche hat and a slight smile, he offers a cool stare from underneath the capacious brim of a fedora ...

Sometimes it’s the sleepers that stay with you. In “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism,” a sprawling exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was a watercolor still ...

When it comes to American fashion, it is hard not to mention the illustrious Harlem Renaissance. This glorious art movement was an integral moment in time during the early 20th century when there ...