North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
Renaissance Women
Clip: Episode 1 | 9m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
In between World Wars, the Harlem renaissance gave rise to a "new kind of Negro...
In between World Wars, the Harlem renaissance gave rise to a "new kind of Negro." Blacks were taking pride in their brown-faced beauty, and their artistic and intellectual work flooded Manhattan. In the midst of Harlem's vibrant community, Anoka resident Anna Arnold Hedgeman and Duluthian Ethel Ray Nance plunged head-first into their careers, gaining vital connections and experiences that led...
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North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers is a local public television program presented by Minnesota PBS
North Star: Minnesota's Black Pioneers
Renaissance Women
Clip: Episode 1 | 9m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
In between World Wars, the Harlem renaissance gave rise to a "new kind of Negro." Blacks were taking pride in their brown-faced beauty, and their artistic and intellectual work flooded Manhattan. In the midst of Harlem's vibrant community, Anoka resident Anna Arnold Hedgeman and Duluthian Ethel Ray Nance plunged head-first into their careers, gaining vital connections and experiences that led...
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