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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.
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] At the time, it was known as the " New Negro Movement ", named after The New Negro, a 1925 anthology edited ...
Eulalie Spence. Eulalie Spence (June 11, 1894 [1] – March 7, 1981) was a writer, teacher, director, actress and playwright from the British West Indies. She was an influential member of the Harlem Renaissance, writing fourteen plays, at least five of which were published. [1] Spence, who described herself as a "folk dramatist" who made plays ...
Paul Robeson. Paul Leroy Robeson (/ ˈroʊbsən / ROHB-sən; [3][4] April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances. In 1915, Robeson won an academic scholarship to Rutgers ...
Many significant personalities from the Harlem Renaissance, including authors Dorothy West and Langston Hughes, were a part of this group. The intended purpose of the film project was to showcase the discrimination and oppression faced by African Americans in the United States and to promote the Communist party as a solution to these issues.
Spouse (s) Lloyd Thomas (m. c. 1914) Partner. Olivia Wyndham (1930–after 1942) Edna Lewis Thomas (November 1, 1885 – July 22, 1974) was an American stage actress whose career began in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance. She appeared on Broadway, with the Lafayette Players theater company, and in productions by the Federal Theater ...
Mattie Hite. Billie Holiday [1] Lena Horne. Alberta Hunter [1] Caterina Jarboro. Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones. Sara Martin. Rose McClendon [1] Viola McCoy.
Spouse (s) Al Dixon, [3] Robert Clark, [4] Phillip Burris [5] Anise Margaret Boyer (1914–2008) was an American dancer and actress known for her work during the Harlem Renaissance. She joined the Cotton Club chorus line when she was a teenager and starred in the 1932 film Harlem is Heaven. She also danced in the duo Anise and Åland ...