Harlem Renaissance

American  

noun

1. a renewal and flourishing of Black literary and musical culture during the years after World War I in the Harlem section of New York City.

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Harlem Renaissance Cultural  

1. An African-American cultural movement of the 1920s and 1930s, centered in Harlem, that celebrated black traditions, the black voice, and black ways of life. Arna Bontemps, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, Jean Toomer, and Dorothy West were some of the writers associated with the movement.

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Harlem Renaissance

Recent volumes include a 2023 edition of Zora Neale Hurston’s classic Harlem Renaissance novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” illustrated by Los Angeles artist Kenturah Davis that sold for $4,100 in the deluxe edition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Bassett wore a pink gown designed by Prabal Gurung that was inspired by a Harlem Renaissance painting, "Girl in a Pink Dress" by Laura Wheeler Waring.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

The idea of history being celebrated and preserved courses through “Once Upon a Time in Harlem,” a conversational documentary belatedly assembled from a 1972 gathering of Harlem Renaissance giants at Duke Ellington’s apartment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026

I am reminded of the Harlem Renaissance era and the poetry that embodied our humanity and our strength.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025

It was in The Crisis that many of the stories, poems, and visual creations of those who were at the heart of the Harlem Renaissance were published.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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