Embedded Files
Famous Figures
Famous Figures
Poets
Langston Hughes
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Countee Cullen
Georgia Douglas Johnson
James Weldon Johnson
Musicians
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Archibald Motley
Paul Robeson
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Billie Holiday
Artists
Augusta Savage
William H. Johnson
James Van Der Zee
Aaron Douglas
Resources
Resources
Use databases to learn about the Harlem Renaissance and important figures and see examples of their work.
Use archives to view objects, artwork, and writings from the Harlem Renaissance era.
African American Museum of History and Culture
New York Public Library Digital Collections
Websites
Websites
Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance, Poetry Foundation
African American Band Music and Recordings, 1883-1923, Library of Congress Archives
A Place Called Harlem, Kennedy Center (scroll for interactive map)
Art from the Harlem Renaissance, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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