Charles S. Johnson (1893-1956): Charles S. Johnson was a sociologist, writer, and educator who significantly promoted African-American culture and intellectualism during the Harlem Renaissance.

If the Harlem Renaissance had a birthplace, ... But Charles S. Johnson and Alain Locke thought the dinner could serve a larger ... (then Ray) at 580 St. Nicholas Avenue. Hughes is second from left ...

The Harlem Renaissance — known then as the "New Negro Movement" — saw the rise of ... really went out of its way to hire African-American workers for the first time," says Charles Lester, ...

Titled “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism,” the exhibit will present 160 works exploring how Black ... Featured artists include Charles Alston, Miguel Covarrubias, Aaron ...

By the time you reach the end of “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism” — which concludes with Romare Bearden’s wall-spanning collage piece, “The Block” — all your ...

One hundred years ago, in the early decades of the 20th century, a blisteringly brilliant artistic hub coalesced in Harlem, a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, made up of Black writers, poets ...

According to the museum, this is New York’s first major survey of the Harlem Renaissance since 1987, when the Studio Museum in Harlem staged its own exhibition. “We want to show the full ...

In ‘A Matter of Complexion: The Life and Fictions of Charles W. Chesnutt’ (St. Martin’s, Feb.), the Bowdoin College literature professor chronicles the life of novelist Charles W. Chesnutt.

On an average day, the blocks around 135th Street in Harlem were where dandyism was truly on display. Artists like Miguel Covarrubias and Charles Henry Altston documented the scene through their work.

To further explore the impact of the Harlem Renaissance, tune into theGrio’s upcoming podcast “Harlem and Moscow.”Based on the true story of one of America’s best-kept literary secrets ...