The Harlem Renaissance was more than a cultural movement - it was a celebration of African American identity that resonated ...

There were clubs with live performances, jam sessions in local dive bars, and cutting contests—the jazz equivalent to rap battles—hosted in the bustle of cramped and sweaty rent parties. It was the ...

The Delaware Art Museum returns visitors to the 1920s during “Jazz Age Illustration,” the first major exhibition of popular illustration in the United States between 1919 and 1942.

The Harlem Renaissance gave voice to the black experience ... On October 1, 1941, a group of musicians recorded "King Joe (Joe Louis Blues)." Jazz pianist and band leader Count Basie wrote the ...

A new Black-owned restaurant in South Central Los Angeles is honoring the vibrant culture that defined the area in the 1940s.

With its bohemian atmosphere and open-minded cultural scene, Paris became a sanctuary for many of Black American artists.

poetry and music that is now collectively known as the Harlem Renaissance. A photography exhibit currently… ...

1924, where he became a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural ... the Harlem arts scene and immersed himself in ...

Miss Eva’s Detroit has a Harlem Renaissance, “speakeasy”-style ... “You could go to the corner and check out jazz musicians like Donald Byrd or another big Detroit name on any given ...