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New Voices on the Harlem Renaissance: Essays on Race, Gender, and Literary Discourse

Book by Australia Tarver, Paula C. Barnes; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2006

Subjects:

African Americans In Literature, African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Intellectual Life, American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--New York (State)--New York--History And Criticism, Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual Life--20th Century, Harlem Renaissance

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...many other Harlem Renaissance texts, it fits well...The importance of musicians in the Harlem Renaissance also is clearly reflected...narrators vocation as a musician. Of course, this...the height of the Harlem Renaissance in 1927...
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The Harlem Renaissance: The One and the Many

Book by Mark Helbling; Greenwood Press, 1999

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African Americans--Intellectual Life, American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--New York (State)--New York--History And Criticism, Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual Life--20th Century, Harlem Renaissance

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Chapter 1 Introduction Harlem, the Harlem of the 1920s has never been...painters, essayists, and musicians who collectively represent what is now known as the Harlem Renaissance. It has been a difficult search...
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Harlem Renaissance Re-Examined

Book by Victor A. Kramer, Robert A. Russ; Whitston, 1997

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African Americans In Literature, African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Intellectual Life, American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--New York (State)--New York--History And Criticism, Harlem Renaissance

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...kind, and is credited by some as having launched that aspect of the Harlem Renaissance. "It represented the kind of theatre that one group of Negro performers, musicians, and writers had moved to from minstrelry with great success." 3 It...
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Rereading the Harlem Renaissance: Race, Class, and Gender in the Fiction of Jessie Fauset, Zora Neale Hurston, and Dorothy West

Book by Sharon L. Jones; Greenwood Press, 2002

Subjects:

African American Women In Literature, African Americans In Literature, American Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Fiction--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Fiction--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Fauset, Jessie Redmon--Criticism And Interpretation, Harlem Renaissance, Hurston, Zora Neale--Criticism And Interpretation, Race In Literature, Sex Role In Literature, Social Classes In Literature, West, Dorothy--1909---Criticism And Interpretation, Women And Literature--United States--History--20th Century

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...effects. Nevertheless, the second renaissance in Harlem evokes memories of the first renaissance, when Harlem held center stage as a place of potential...collar workers, a number of artists, musicians, and writers moved to Harlem due to...
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The Collected Writings of Wallace Thurman: A Harlem Renaissance Reader

Book by Amritjit Singh, Daniel M. Scott III; Rutgers University Press, 2003

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African Americans--Literary Collections, Harlem Renaissance

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...into what has now become Negro Harlem, white landlords raised rents...one of the most colorful of Harlem institutions. The guests begin...Since about nine-thirty the musicians, usually a pianist and a drummer...been cleared for dancing. The musicians begin to play in earnest...

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African American and Francophone Black Intellectuals during the Harlem Renaissance

Journal article by Kenneth R. Janken; The Historian, Vol. 60, 1998

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Harlem Renaissance--Social aspects, Intellectuals--History

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...intellectuals during the Harlem Renaissance. by Kenneth R. Janken...introduced the Harlem Renaissance to a wide audience...were accomplished musicians and singers. A typical...America and the Harlem Renaissance they saw a people...
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Eds.: Harlem Renaissance Lives: From the African American National Biography

Journal article by Richard L. Hughes; Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, Vol. 34, 2009

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Books--Book reviews, Harlem Renaissance Lives: From the African American National Biography (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...Brooks Higginbotham, eds. Harlem Renaissance Lives: From the African American...associated with this period, Harlem Renaissance Lives is an ambitious effort...writers, artists, actors, and musicians but also educators, civil rights...
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Streets, Sounds and Identity in Interwar Harlem

Journal article by Clare Corbould; Journal of Social History, Vol. 40, 2007

Subjects:

African Americans--History, Harlem life--History, Harlem renaissance--History, Harlem, New York, New York

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...and Memory in Harlem Renaissance Thought (Durham...Hare, Negro Musicians and Their Music...rpt. in A Renaissance in Harlem: Lost Voices...Nugent, "On Harlem," in Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance, ed. Wirth...
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The African American Intellectual of the 1920s: Some Sociological Implications of the Harlem Renaissance

Journal article by Robert L. Perry, Melvin T. Peters; Ethnic Studies Review, Vol. 19, 1996

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African Americans, Black culture, Black literature, Blacks, Culture, Industry, Literature, Minority & ethnic groups, Music industry, Traditions

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...over whether the Renaissance was a declaration...acclaimed actors, musicians and dancers who...noted that the Harlem Renaissance had a direct influence...there were the musicians turned radicals...the New Negro Renaissance included the following...C. Handy: musician, composer, sheet...
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It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Harlem Swing: Social Dance and the Harlem Renaissance

Journal article by Tamara Brown; Afro - Americans in New York Life and History, Vol. 22, 1998

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African Americans, Black culture, Blacks, Culture, Dance, Minority & ethnic groups

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...Swing: Social Dance and the Harlem Renaissance by Tamara Brown It Dont Mean...Swing: Social Dance and the Harlem Renaissance Blacktown crawled with white...Nigger Heaven A NOTE ON THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE In the decade following the...

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The Harlem Renaissance in the Twenties Produced a Wealth of Black Talent. but What Was Its Legacy and Who Did It Really Benefit?

Magazine article by Andrea Stuart; New Statesman, Vol. 126, June 27, 1997

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African American art--African influences, African American artists--Political activity, Arts and society--Analysis, Harlem Renaissance--Appreciation

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...black writers, musicians, performers...later. The Harlem Renaissance has become...Was this Harlem a place or...jazz singer or musician, raised aloft...exhibitions about Harlem have demonstrated...internationalism of the Renaissance. Its impact...
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Can Harlem Bring Back the Black Mecca Era?

Magazine article by Kevin Chappell; Ebony, Vol. 56, August 2001

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Harlem, New York, New York--Description and travel, Inner cities--Description and travel, Travel industry--New York

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...During the 20s, Harlem was a place for dreamers...dreams, artists and musicians, thinkers and philosophers...World War I. All saw Harlem as the answer to the...schoolboy knows, the Harlem Renaissance fell short in many areas...
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A Rage in Harlem: Is the Classical Theatre of Harlem a Black Theatre Company? Does It Matter?

Magazine article by Carl Hancock Rux; American Theatre, Vol. 21, July 2004

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African American theater--History, African American theater--Performances, Harlem, New York, New York--Social aspects, Theater companies--Demographic aspects, Theater companies--History, Theater companies--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...community theatre in Harlem? There was an extended...sociopolitical and artistic renaissance seemed ready to blossom...vibrant theatre scene in Harlem loomed on the horizon...community-based theatrical renaissance in Harlem will be contingent upon...
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Ode to John Coltrane: A Jazz Musician's Influence on African American Culture

Magazine article by Gerald Early; The Antioch Review, Vol. 57, Summer 1999

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Coltrane, John--Criticism and interpretation, Jazz music--Personalities, Jazz musicians--Criticism and interpretation, Jazz--Personalities

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...in 1967. No jazz musician - not Monk, Evans...lyricist in his fellow musicians. There is, for instance...transcendence. Jazz musicians became heroes to a...intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance did not revere jazz...improvising? Has any jazz musician categorically condemned...staple of the jazz musicians repertoire? However...
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Wynton's Blues: For Two Decades Wynton Marsalis Rulled the Jazz Universe, Enjoying Virtually Unqualified Admiration as a Musician and ..

Magazine article by David Hadju; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 291, March 2003

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Jazz musicians--United States, Marsalis, Wynton, Music industry

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...Admiration as a Musician and ... by David...Cotton Club in Harlem, but not in the...jazz fans and musicians the Village Vanguard...most famous jazz musician alive, doing...to the time, a renaissance that raised public...countless young musicians inspired by Marsalis...naturally talented musician who hated to practice...with rock and pop musicians such as Sting...

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Harlem Renaissance Reached around the World

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, April 19, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...important media for Harlem Renaissance expression. The French...intelligentsia, musicians, and religious and...of 1920s and 1930s Harlem. These are proud...presentation. That the Harlem Renaissance was a global phenomenon...
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Paying Homage to U Street; Corridor Holds Rich History of Music Trends

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 14, 2009

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Harlem renaissance, Jackson, Michael (American pop singer)--Appreciation

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...WASHINGTON TIMES Before the Harlem Renaissance, before the world...about the unforgettable musicians and entertainers who...included such great musicians, vocalists and dancers...other cities. As a musician and entertainer, I...gospel, R B and blues musicians and vocalists. Photo...
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Bigger Is Better

Newspaper article by By Barbara Vitello; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 3, 2008

Subjects:

Ain't Misbehavin' (Play), Musicians

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...scheme and a shimmering backdrop for the tuxedoed musicians occupying the bandstand. Add Birgit Rattenborg Wises...Smith re-imagines the show as an homage to the Harlem Renaissance as much as a tribute to one of its masters and the...
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Obituary

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), May 31, 2011

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Musicians--Biography

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...Gil Scott-Heron MUSICIAN Gil Scott-Heron...album 125th and Lenox in Harlem in the 1970s. He followed...initially collaborating with musician Brian Jackson. His...especially of the Harlem Renaissance. Scott-Heron was...
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JACK Quartet, Regenstein Recital Hall at Northwestern University, 60 Arts Circle

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 13, 2009

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Art exhibitions, Art--Exhibitions, Concerts, Musicians

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Chicago Ave., Chicago: Composer, musician and music historian Don Byron and his...mcachicago.org. The Chicago Chamber Musicians, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, at Navy...Point Road, Grayslake: Classical, Renaissance and baroque. 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov...Glendora House Ballroom, 10225 S. Harlem Ave., Chicago Ridge: Jazz. Group...

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Harlem Renaissance

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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HARLEM RENAISSANCE term used to describe...mainly in the Harlem district of New...Southern black musicians brought jazz with...the North and to Harlem. The area soon...with the Harlem Renaissance include Arna Bontemps...
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Harlem

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...starting around 1910 Harlem became the scene of...and the home of such Harlem Renaissance authors as Langston...Neale Hurston. In East Harlem, a largely Italian...by African-American musicians and entertainers. An...

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