Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was an African-American artist notable for celebrating Afrocentric themes Continue reading
09/06/2021
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Tag Archives: Harlem Renaissance
12/10/2020
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Remember the Ladies: Jessie Redmon Fauset
Jessie Redmon Fauset was a prolific writer and editor during the Harlem Renaissance. Fauset authored essays, novels, and poems, and earned the nickname “the midwife” for helping younger writers. She was considered to be one of the most intelligent female novelists of the Harlem Renaissance. Continue reading
09/10/2020
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Remember the Ladies: Una Mae Carlisle
Una Mae Carlisle, a pianist, and singer during the 1930s and 1940s auditioned for the Cotton Club, performed solo, and recorded in Europe. Continue reading
07/01/2017
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Remember the Ladies: Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the pre-eminent writers of twentieth-century African-American literature. Hurston was closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance and has influenced such writers as Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Gayle Jones, Alice Walker, and Toni Cade Bambara. Continue reading
