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Between the end of World War I and the mid-1930s, African Americans produced one of the most significant eras of cultural expression in the nation’s history—the Harlem Renaissance. A New African American Identity: The Harlem Renaissance | National Museum of African American History and Culture
Feb 24, 2022 · HISTORY & CULTURE. RACE IN AMERICA. How the Harlem Renaissance helped forge a new sense of Black identity. Sparked by an influx of Black Southerners seeking better lives in the north, this...
The Met Aims to Get Harlem Right, the Second Time Around. The museum catches up to the vital lessons of the Harlem Renaissance, with its American, European and African exchanges and its...
Harlem Renaissance poets such as Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Georgia Douglas Johnson explored the beauty and pain of black life and sought to define themselves and their community outside of white stereotypes. Poetry from the Harlem Renaissance reflected a diversity of forms and subjects.
The Harlem Renaissance (c. 1918–37) was the most influential movement in African American literary history. The movement also included musical, theatrical, and visual arts. The Harlem Renaissance was unusual among literary and artistic movements for its close relationship to civil rights and reform organizations.
The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism. Through July 28. Now on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 999. Free with Museum admission. Plan Your Visit All exhibitions. Overview Video Tour Podcast.
A period of African American literary, artistic, and intellectual activity centered in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem, spanning from the 1920s to the mid-1930s. Considered one of the most significant periods of cultural production in US history, the Harlem Renaissance fostered a new African American cultural identity.
