At the turn of the last century, African Americans from across the country flooded New York City’s Harlem, leading to an explosion of books, poetry and music that is now collectively known as ...

Launched by WBM and the Renaissance New York Hotel, the Legacy Ball of Harlem ill take place at the storied hotel on May 5.

On March 21, 1924, a group of Black and white artists and intellectuals got together at New York’s Civic Club for a dinner party to celebrate author Jessie R. Fauset’s debut novel, “There is ...

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The Harlem Renaissance was a powerful rebuke to those stereotypes and the negative self-image that often resulted for Black people. This did not mean that the writers idealized things, though.