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Harlem Renaissance

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The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City by Don Papson

Poems of the Harlem Renaissance by Langston Hughes

Black New York City (nonfiction)

47 books — 6 voters

But Will You Love Me Tomorrow? by Laura Flam

Creative Enclaves and Political Eras (Nonfiction/History)

125 books — 10 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Jonah's Gourd Vine by Zora Neale Hurston

Women of Harlem Renaissance

17 books — 6 voters

WHERE IS OUR BLACK AVANT GARDE?

30 books — 29 voters

The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil

Morning Fuel by Rebecca Faye Smith Galli

The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Best Modern Literature

26 books — 21 voters

Hindi Dalit Literature in the United Provinces by Tapan Basu

OPT For Oneness - A Fictional Journey To Inner Peace and High... by Michael Aaron Mason

Lights of the Spirit by Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis

The Advent of Divine Justice by Shoghi Effendi

African Americans and the Bahá’í Faith

42 books — 4 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Harlem Renaissance”

“ I was right there in the middle of all of this action. I didn’t have to think up gags…The cartoons drew themselves…I was more surprised than anyone when Brother Bootsie became a Harlem household celebrity, not only among the colored proletariat be among the literati as well. ”
― Oliver W. Harrington, Why I Left America and Other Essays

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“ Whether we consider hip-hop as an evolved manifestation of the Harlem Renaissance or something completely new under the sun, it clearly has moved beyond the stage of just entertaining lives to that of informing and empowering lives. ”
― Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

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