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  2. Harlem Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. [1]

  3. List of figures from the Harlem Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, and spanning the 1920s. This list includes intellectuals and activists, writers, artists, and performers who were closely associated with the movement.

  4. Benny Carter - Wikipedia

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    The National Endowment for the Arts gave him a grant that led Tales of the Rising Sun Suite and Harlem Renaissance Suite. This music was performed in 1992 when he was 85 years old. [3] Carter had an unusually long career. He is one of few musicians to have recorded in eight different decades. [2]

  5. Gladys Bentley - Wikipedia

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    Gladys Alberta Bentley (August 12, 1907 – January 18, 1960) [1] was an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance.. Her career skyrocketed when she appeared at Harry Hansberry's Clam House, a well-known gay speakeasy in New York in the 1920s, as a black, lesbian, cross-dressing performer.

  6. Cab Calloway - Wikipedia

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    Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader.He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era.

  7. Louis Armstrong - Wikipedia

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    The sound of jazz, along with musicians such as Armstrong, helped shape Hughes as a writer. Just like the musicians, Hughes wrote his words with jazz. [59] Armstrong changed jazz during the Harlem Renaissance. As "The World's Greatest Trumpet Player" during this time, [60] Armstrong cemented his legacy and continued a focus on his vocal career ...

  8. List of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance

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    This is a list of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, in the 1920s. Dancers, choreographers, and orchestra leaders

  9. Songs of the Harlem River - Wikipedia

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    The plays delve into the happenings of love and the difficulties of life in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance. Jazz music is used to signify the popular music of the decade. Artists included: Jean Moreau Gottschalk, Ray Henderson and Shelton Brooks. Choreographed dance can be set to the poetry sequences.