The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, was a movement of the 1920s and '30s that sought to redefine Black identity through literature, music, painting, photography ...

I thought about New York. I thought about the time period, and that got me to the Harlem Renaissance ... reading one of his early poems, "The Negro Speaks Of Rivers." (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

Black history is American history. The Centre County Board of Commissioners — Mark Higgins, Amber Concepcion and Steve Dershem — issued a proclamation naming February as Black History Month. Accepting ...

In this nostalgic and fascinating book, Julie Satow, author of The Plaza, writes about the golden age of three now-vanished ...

BALDWIN: When we talk about something like the New Negro movement and its small version known as the Harlem Renaissance, we can't talk about that without talking about the influence of Black ...

“If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.” — Carter G.

I began with a quote from Dr. Woodson because I want readers to know who he was and what motivated him to lay the groundwork for what would eventually become Black History Month, first celebrated ...

The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, was a movement of the 1920s and ’30s that sought to redefine Black identity through literature, music, painting, photography, and ...

The 1920s were a period of great change. Vintage photographs provide a glimpse at what life was like for women throughout the decade.

a tour of “Defining the New Negro; Voices of the Harlem Renaissance a Century Later” will meet outside the Paterno Family Humanities reading room, second floor central Pattee Library ...