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Harlem Renaissance

39 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Aaron DouglasIllustrator · IllustrationAaron Douglas (May 26, 1899 – February 2, 1979) was an American painter, illustrator, and visual arts educator. He was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
Alain LeRoy LockeAuthor · BooksAlain LeRoy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, and educator.
Alice Dunbar NelsonAuthor · BooksAlice Dunbar Nelson (July 19, 1875 – September 18, 1935) was an American poet, journalist, and political activist.
Anna J. CooperAuthor · BooksAnna Julia Cooper (Haywood; August 10, 1858February 27, 1964) was an African American author, educator, and activist.
Arna BontempsAuthor · BooksArna Wendell Bontemps (October 13, 1902 – June 4, 1973) was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance.
Barney BigardPerson · Music memorabiliaAlbany Leon "Barney" Bigard (March 3, 1906 – June 27, 1980) was an American jazz clarinetist known for his 15-year tenure with Duke Ellington. He also played the tenor saxophone.
Bessie SmithPerson · Music memorabiliaBessie Smith (April 15, 1892 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age.
Carrie Williams CliffordAuthor · BooksCarrie Williams Clifford (September 1862 in Chillicothe, Ohio – November 10, 1934) was an author, clubwoman, and activist in the women's rights and civil rights movements in the United…
Charles AlstonArtist · SculptureCharles Henry "Spinky" Alston (November 28, 1907 – April 27, 1977) was an American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City…
Claude McKayAuthor · BooksFestus Claudius "Claude" McKay (September 15, 1890 – May 22, 1948) was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
Dorothy FieldsPerson · Music memorabiliaDorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote more than 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films.
Duke EllingtonPerson · Music memorabiliaEdward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life.
Esther PopelAuthor · BooksEsther B. Popel (July 16, 1896 – January 28, 1958; also known as Esther Popel Shaw) was an African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance, an activist, and an educator.
Ethel WatersPerson · Music memorabiliaEthel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts.
Florence PricePerson · Music memorabiliaFlorence Beatrice Price (née Smith; April 9, 1887/88 – June 3, 1953) was an American classical composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher.
Fredi WashingtonPerson · Film memorabiliaFredericka Carolyn "Fredi" Washington (December 23, 1903 – June 28, 1994) was an American stage and film actress, civil rights activist, performer, and writer.
Ida B. WellsAuthor · BooksIda Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement.
James Weldon JohnsonAuthor · BooksJames Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871June 26, 1938) was an African American author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter and early civil…
Jean ToomerAuthor · BooksJean Toomer (born Nathan Pinchback Toomer; December 26, 1894 – March 30, 1967) was an American poet and novelist commonly associated with modernism and the Harlem Renaissance, though he…
Jessie Redmon FausetAuthor · BooksJessie Redmon Fauset (April 27, 1882 – April 30, 1961) was an American editor, poet, essayist, novelist, and educator.
Josephine BakerPerson · Music memorabiliaFreda Josephine Baker (née McDonald; June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975)[3] was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress, and a spy for the French Resistance.
Juanita HallPerson · Music memorabiliaJuanita Hall (née Long, November 6, 1901 – February 29, 1968) was an American musical theatre and film actress.
Langston HughesAuthor · BooksJames Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.
Laura Wheeler WaringIllustrator · IllustrationLaura Wheeler Waring (May 26, 1887 – February 3, 1948) was an African-American artist and educator, most renowned for her realistic portraits, landscapes, still-life, and well-known African…
Lil Hardin ArmstrongPerson · Music memorabiliaLillian Hardin Armstrong (née Hardin; February 3, 1898 – August 27, 1971) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader.
Loïs Mailou JonesArtist · PaintingsLois Mailou Jones (November 3. 1905 – June 9 1998) was an artist and educator.
Louise BeaversPerson · Film memorabiliaLouise Beavers (March 8, 1900 – October 26, 1962) was an American film and television actress who appeared in dozens of films and two hit television shows from the 1920s to 1960.
Louise BryantAuthor · BooksLouise Bryant (December 5, 1885 – January 6, 1936) was an American feminist, political activist, and journalist best known for her sympathetic coverage of Russia and the Bolsheviks during…
Lucille HegaminPerson · Music memorabiliaLucille Nelson Hegamin (November 29, 1894 – March 1, 1970) was an American singer and entertainer and an early African-American blues recording artist.
Ma RaineyPerson · Music memorabiliaGertrude "Ma" Rainey (Pridgett; April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) was an American blues singer and influential early-blues recording artist.
Mamie SmithPerson · Film memorabiliaMamie Smith (Robinson; May 26, 1891 – October 23, 1946) was an American singer. In 1920, she entered blues history as the first African
Margaret WalkerAuthor · BooksMargaret Walker (Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander by marriage; July 7, 1915 – November 30, 1998) was an American poet and writer.
Maud Cuney HarePerson · Music memorabiliaMaud Cuney Hare (née Cuney, February 16, 1874 – February 13 or 14, 1936) was an American pianist, musicologist, writer, and African-American activist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United…
Nancy CunardAuthor · BooksNancy Clara Cunard (10 March 1896 – 17 March 1965) was a British writer, heiress and political activist.
Natalie CurtisPerson · Music memorabiliaNatalie Curtis, later Natalie Curtis Burlin (26 April 1875 – 23 October 1921) was an American ethnomusicologist.
Paul RobesonPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural…
Richard Bruce NugentArtist · PaintingsRichard Bruce Nugent (July 2, 1906 – May 27, 1987), aka Richard Bruce and Bruce Nugent, was a prominent Black-American modernist poet, writer, and painter of the Harlem Renaissance.
Sarah Lee Brown FlemingAuthor · BooksSarah Lee Brown Fleming (January 10, 1876 – January 5, 1963) was an American educator, social and community activist, playwright, poet, novelist, and the first African-American teacher in…
Zora Neale HurstonPerson · Film memorabiliaZora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker.

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