Overview
This introduction to the age of the Harlem Renaissance includes documents highlighting Black migration to the North, excerpts from political speeches, essays of W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, and others, and a representative selection from Harlem Renaissance poets such as Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Claude McCay.
The story of the great 20th-century artistic awakening in New York's Harlem and of its many leaders, like Langston Hughes. The key people in the arts that inspired the Harlem Renaissance are identified & their work discussed in this work that covers Harlem before the World Wars. (Best Books for Young Teen Readers)
Synopsis
This introduction to the age of the Harlem Renaissance includes documents highlighting Black migration to the North, excerpts from political speeches, essays of W.E.B. DuBois, Marcus Garvey, and others, and a representative selection from Harlem Renaissance poets such as Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Claude McCay.