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The Harlem Renaissance : Home

This guide provides links to resources related to the Harlem Renaissance as well as serves as a compliment to the Library's annual Harlem Halloween Contest.

Harlem Renaissance Icons

photo of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

By Carl Van Vechten; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:07, 5 August 2010 (UTC) - Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Onlince Collection, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11094717

W.E.B. DuBois

W.E.B. Du Bois

By James E. Purdy - National Portrait Gallery, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=115198978

Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

By Studio Harcourt - RMN, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76195495

Marcus Garvey

By from George Grantham Bain Collection - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID cph.3a03567.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1627862

Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith

By Carl Van Vechten, restored by Adam Cuerden - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID ppmsca.09571.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49459918

Augusta Savage

Augusta Savage

By US Gov. - https://catalog.archives.gov/id/559182, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68575056

James Van Der Zee

James Van Der Zee

By Rochester Institute of Technology - News & Events 1981 at the RIT Digital Archive, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=115649391

Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

By Unknown author - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID cph.3b10040.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64385

Countee Cullen

Countee Cullen

By R. W. Bullock - In spite of handicaps : brief biographical sketches with discussion outlines of outstanding Negroes now living who are achieving distinction in various lines of endeavor., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=127273189

Gladys Bentley

Gladys Bentley

By Anonymous. Unattributed. - This file has been extracted from another file, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=108820760

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

By William P. Gottlieb - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID gottlieb.04281.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=116216387

Fashion & Style

2024 Harlem Halloween Afternoon Soiree

Our mannequins getting prepped for display

Our mannequins getting prepped for display

Pictured L-R are Karen Vaught, Lorrene Miller and Brenda Snider

Our mannequin getting prepped for display

Our mannequins and Harlem Renaissance display

Pictured L-R are Tiffany Davis and Brenda Snider

Pictured L- R are Karen Vaught, Reachell Chambers, Tiffany Davis and Brenda Snider

Door Prize Winner Nevaeh Washington

Pictured L- R are Brenda Snider, Navaeh Washington and Lorrene Miller

Congratulations and thank you for your participation!!!

Door Prize Winner Nevaeh Washington

Door Prize Winner Nevaeh Washington

Pictured L-R are Brenda Snider, Ugochi Nwachuku, Karen Vaught and Lorrene Miller

Our mannequins after hours

Zelda Wynn Valdes

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