African Americans moved into Harlem around the turn of the 20th century, and the city became segregated on north-south lines. Barry Lewis talked about the history of Harlem’s buildings and people.

Travel through early 20th-century Harlem in this visual history: a curated collection of photographs, videos, paintings and books that gave the Jazz Age its swing. Tap the images and articles to ...

The Harlem renaissance at the turn of the 20th century was celebrated for a flowering of African American arts, ... "Harlem Lost and Found" (Monacelli Press, 280 pp., $65), ...

It wants to remind us of Harlem’s role as a cultural catalyst in the early 20th century, while showing that those creative energies extended far beyond the familiar reading list of Langston ...

It dramatizes a black wedding of the early 20th century — the 1928 marriage of Harlem Renaissance poet laureate Countee Cullen and Nina Yolande Du Bois, the daughter of W.E.B.

A century ago, a dinner party in New York set in motion one of the most influential cultural movements of the 20th century. ... If the Harlem Renaissance had a birthplace, this party was it.

Reimagining Twentieth Century Harlem as a Jewish Mecca Students at the Uptown Talmud Torah, circa 1917 (The Jewish Communal Register of New York City, 1917-1918) In his latest book, Dr. Jeffrey Gurock ...

For much of the 20th century, Harlem was filled with black Americans who had moved there from Georgia, the Carolinas and Mississippi. Now there's more diversity, with many immigrants from Latin ...

WASHINGTON - Their bravery knew no bounds during the first World War, and come September the descendants of the Harlem Hellfighters will finally see their heroic loved ones receive the Congressional ...

Famed Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston’s Fort Pierce home is now protected, but its legacy still needs a lifeline ...

IN SEARCH OF BENGALI HARLEM tracks his quest from mid-20th-century Harlem to Bangladesh, unveiling intertwined histories of South Asian Muslims, African Americans, and Puerto Ricans.