Much of this period's history is focused on men like W. E. B. DuBois and Langston Hughes, because of this, women of this era were often overshadowed and their works dismissed within the historicity of the movement. In this period, the number of women published in journals, recorded songs with famous record companies, and works exhibited in galleries was unprecedented. The Harlem Renaissance Movement granted these women a platform to be active visionaries with their racial identity at the forefront of their work. The women who will be exhibited used art to break down barriers that encompassed them and forge their own history. Women of this period faced intersectional strife as they were both African American and female, and some like Gladys Bentley, Billie Holiday, and Bessie Smith faced hardships due to their sexuality. This exhibit will showcase how the women of the Harlem Renaissance used their art as a vessel to critique their society.

NOTE: This exhibition addresses topics including intimate partner abuse, sexual assault, and race-based violence.

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