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 ...

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.

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 ...

When Lillian Lonngren Anders was a student at the High School of Music and Art in Harlem, she came into class one day and ...

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.

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.

WASHINGTON - Their bravery knew no bounds during the first World War, and come September the descendants of the Harlem ...

Harlem wasn't the only northern U.S. city that saw an upswell of Black cultural expression in the early 20th century. Chicago became a vibrant literary and artistic center—captured here by ...

Discover the forgotten story of L.S. Alexander Gumby, a pioneering gay Black intellectual who contributed to the Harlem Renaissance.

Fast forward to the fight for civil rights for Blacks in the mid-20th century, Harlem churches were center stage, attracting and supporting many icons in the movement, like Reverend Martin Luther ...

The good looks are, as is often the case, down to history. In the late 19th and early 20th century, as lower Manhattan development crept northwards, Harlem farmland was transformed into desirable ...