Of course, clothes also were employed symbolically ... expanded its holdings of works by Black artists during the Harlem Renaissance, including paintings by Aaron Douglas, Elizabeth Catlett ...
TheGrio commemorates gender-bending musician and drag king, Gladys Bentley, who reigned over the Harlem Renaissance in the ... be more comfortable in boys’ clothing. At age 16, Bentley ran ...
A History of Lesbian Fashion', writer Eleanor Medhurst follows the evolution of lesbian fashion and its role as a symbol of ...