Arts Aug 07 New book ‘Joy Goddess’ reveals how A’Lelia Walker helped shape the Harlem Renaissance By Geoff Bennett, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold
Arts Mar 19 Watch 6:45 The Met’s new exhibit celebrates impact and legacy of The Harlem Renaissance It was an art movement that helped create a new portrait and understanding of Black life in America. Now, The Harlem Renaissance is the subject of an exhibition at one of the country’s leading museums, the New York Metropolitan Museum… By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet
Arts Jul 22 Watch 4:23 The Harlem Renaissance’s cultural explosion, in photographs At the turn of the last century, African Americans from across the country flooded New York City’s Harlem, leading to an explosion of books, poetry and music that is now collectively known as the Harlem Renaissance. A photography exhibit currently… By Jared Bowen, WGBH
Arts May 04 Watch 6:17 Revisiting the Great Migration through paintings and poetry The Great Migration of 6 million African-Americans from the rural South to the urban North was a shift that reshaped America forever. Artist Jacob Lawrence captured that story in an epic work of art known as the Migration Series. Now… By PBS News Hour
Arts Feb 01 8 quotes to celebrate Langston Hughes on his 113th birthday “My soul has grown deep like the rivers.”… By Rebecca Lee