LibGuides: Harlem Renaissance: Harlem Renaissance

Context

Progressive Era to New Era
This Gilder Lehrman timeline shows what was happening in America prior to and during the time of the Harlem Renaissance.
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https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/progressive-era-new-era-1900-1929
Time Line of the Harlem Renaissance
This site details chronological events, with some biographical links.
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http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/circle/harlem-ren-sites.html

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Harlem Renaissance
Publication Date: REF 700 HOW

All titles listed below are avaible both in print reference and as an e-book on the Gale Virtual Reference Library. To access these titles directly, click on the cover.

African American Eras Library
Call Number: REF 973
Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-bottoms
Call Number: REF 306 BOW
Search by specific subject: e.g. jazz, Louis Armstrong, etc. Results will be returned by decade. Additional links to other articles in the set are listed at the end of the article.
U-X-L American Decades
Call Number: REF 973 AME
U-X-L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Call Number: REF 920 ENC

Introduction

Harlem Ren Links

Drop Me Off in Harlen
"Exploring Intersections" - From the Kennedy Foundation for the Arts, this site examines writers, dancers, musicians, artists and activists.
Guide to Harlem Renaissance Materials
Library of Congress site that includes links to music, poetry, photographs and online exhibits.
Harlem 1900 - 1940
Exhibition, timeline and resources sponsored by the Schomburg Center.
Online NewsHour
PBS site exploring various aspects of the Harlem Renaissance.
Harlem Renaissance PBS
Great essential questions!
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/entertainment/jan-june98/harlem-renaissance1.html
Harlem Renaissance Multimedia Resource
This website includes information on performers, political issues, literature and philosophy.
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http://www.jcu.edu/harlem/index.htm

Impact of the The Great Migration

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Music Links

Ken Burns Jazz
PBS companion site. DVD available in Professional Library.
Smithsonian Jazz
Check the index for information on Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Ella Fitzgerald.
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http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65:jazz-class-home&catid=10&Itemid=11
Jazz Composers
In addition to musical performers, jazz composers were were an important part of musical scene. This exhibit looks at the contributions of composers of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and their collaboration. Also includes audio and video.
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http://americanhistory.si.edu/documentsgallery/exhibitions/ellington_strayhorn_1.html

Art Links

Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissnce
Includes text, images and soundbites.
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http://www.iniva.org/harlem/intro.html

Literature Links

Do You Speak American?
Discusses how Harlem Renaissance writers transformed literature.
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http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/powerprose/harlem/
A Brief Guide to the Harlem Renaissance
Introduces Harlem Ren poets.
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http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5657
The American Novel
Overview of the literary themes of the Harlem Renaissance.
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/harlemrenaissance.html
Library of Congress Guide to Materials
Links to novels, poems and plays (primary sources).
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http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/harlem/harlem.html

The Savoy

Personal rememberances of the Savoy Ballroom and its part in the Harlem Renaissance.