In homage to “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith, Mayfield delivered a performance of “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” that was as ...

An AMERICAN EXPERIENCE collection featuring ... Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Also a trained anthropologist, Hurston collected folklore throughout the ...

David C. Driskell & Friends” at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville highlights Driskell’s artistic legacy and the importance of ...

Harlem represents a critical focal point for African American cultural exploration. This Manhattan neighborhood nurtured the Harlem Renaissance, a flowering of Black artistic and intellectual ...

James Van Der Zee was an African-American photographer known for his distinctive portraits from the Harlem Renaissance. The artist used photography as a means not only to celebrate black culture but ...

Attendees are encouraged to dress in Harlem Renaissance or African attire, or any way they see fit to suit the occasion. A traditional African-American meal will be served: chicken and waffles ...

African and African American history, African and African American politics ... Reiland Rabaka, Hip Hop’s Inheritance: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Hip Hop Feminist Movement (Lanham: Rowman & ...

Founded during the 1964-65 academic year, the Society of Afro-American Students at Columbia aimed to provide the handful ... Later, the school was absorbed into the New York Public School System.