In homage to “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith, Mayfield delivered a performance of “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” that was as ...

The roots of the Harlem Renaissance lay partly in a ... On October 1, 1941, a group of musicians recorded "King Joe (Joe Louis Blues)." Jazz pianist and band leader Count Basie wrote the music ...

The exciting new groundbreaking book by George M. Johnson, "Flamboyants: the Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known," is ...

In 1926, poet, playwright and activist Langston Hughes published a piece in The Nation that is considered the manifesto of the Harlem Renaissance, writing: “The younger Negro artists who create ...

Seattle Rep has announced the cast and creative team of the modern classic play Blues for an Alabama ... lives in the vibrant and tumultuous Harlem Renaissance. Gripping and timeless, Pearl ...

The roots of the Harlem Renaissance lay partly in a ... On October 1, 1941, a group of musicians recorded "King Joe (Joe Louis Blues)." Jazz pianist and band leader Count Basie wrote the music ...