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• An Introduction to the Harlem Renaissance | Poetry Foundation

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  Tracing the poetic work of this crucial cultural and artistic movement. Poetry from the Harlem Renaissance reflected a diversity of forms and subjects. The collection offers a sampling of poetry published during this period, along with essays by and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Guide to Harlem Renaissance Resources (Virtual Programs & Services, Library of Congress)

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  African-American expressions of writing, music, and art during the 1920s and 1930s are well represented in the vast collections of the Library of Congress. This guide presents the Library's resources as well as links to external Web sites on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• VanDerZee, Photographer, 1886-1983

  Willis, Deborah, 1948-

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  James VanDerZee’s photography captured Harlem daily life, as well as by commissioned portraits in his studio that he worked to fill with optimism and separate philosophically from the horrors of the past.

• Augusta Savage

  Renaissance Woman

  Hayes, Jeffreen M,

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  Augusta Savage was a sculptor, a teacher whose studio was important to the careers of a generation of artists and pivotal in enlisting black artists into the Federal Art Project, a division of the Work Progress Administration (WPA).

• Aaron Douglas

  African American Modernist

  Douglas, Aaron

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  The most celebrated Harlem Renaissance artist is Aaron Douglas, often called “the Father of Black American Art,” who adapted African techniques to realize paintings and murals, as well as book illustration.

• Vari-colored Songs

  a Tribute to Langston Hughes

  McCalla, Leyla, 1985-

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  Leyla McCalla’s Vari-Colored Songs is a celebration of the complexity of Black culture and identity, and a tribute to the legacy of poet and thinker Langston Hughes. A songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, McCalla sets Hughes’ poems to her own spare…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Freegal Music - Josephine Baker

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  Josephine Baker was a dancer and singer who became wildly popular in France during the 1920s. She also devoted much of her life to fighting racism. In the 1920s she moved to France and soon became one of Europe's most popular and highest-paid…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Freegal Music - Cab Calloway

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  Available online through freegal. Singer and bandleader Cab Calloway learned the art of scat singing before landing a regular gig at Harlem's famous Cotton Club. Following the enormous success of his song "Minnie the Moocher" (1931), Calloway became…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Best of the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: the Complete RCA Victor Recordings [1927-1973]

  Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

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  Given the nickname “Duke” in elementary school, Duke Ellington was a pivotal person in the history of jazz. He had written over 1000 compositions. He started learning the piano at only 7 years old and his career spanned over six decades.

• Freegal Music - Fats Waller

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  Available online through freegal. Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller is known for laying the framework for modern jazz piano in the Harlem movement. He is one of the best jazz pianists and one of the leaders of the Harlem Era. He was very successful in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What a Wonderful World

  Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971

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  Available online through hoopla. Armstrong's charismatic stage presence impressed not only the jazz world but all of popular music. He recorded several songs throughout his career, including he is known for songs like "Star Dust," "La Vie En Rose"…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Satchmo at Symphony Hall

  65th Anniversary : the Complete Performances

  Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971

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  Louis Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo," "Pops" and, later, "Ambassador Satch," was a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. An all-star virtuoso, he came to prominence in the 1920s, influencing countless musicians with both his daring trumpet style and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pearls

  Morton, Jelly Roll, -1941

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  Jelly Roll Morton was an American pianist and songwriter best known for influencing the formation of modern day jazz during the 1920s. An early innovator in the jazz genre, he rose to fame as the leader of Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jelly Roll Morton

  the Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax

  Morton, Jelly Roll, -1941

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• Bessie Smith. Volume 1, Queen of the Blues

  Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937

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  Jazz and blues vocalist Bessie Smith's powerful, soulful voice won her countless fans and earned her the title "Empress of the Blues." She was among the highest-paid Black performers of her time with hits like "Downhearted Blues."

• Billie Holiday's Greatest Hits

  Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959

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  Nicknamed “Lady Day”, Billie Holiday started singing in night clubs in Harlem. After being heard there she was signed to a record label. She is considered iconic and known for wearing gardenias in her hair and tilting her head back while she sang.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lady Day

  the Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944

  Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959

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• Between Harlem and Heaven

  Afro Asian American Cooking for Big Nights, Weeknights, & Every Day

  Johnson, J. J., 1984-

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  Between Harlem and Heaven presents a captivatingly original cuisine. Afro-Asian-American cooking is packed with unique and delicious layers of flavor. These stories and recipes lay praise to the immense influence the African Diaspora has had on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Link+ -- Black hunger : food and the politics of U.S. identity / Doris Witt.

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  Doris Witt's seminal study of Black foodways in America.

• Link+ -- La cuisine Creole : a collection of culinary recipes from leading chefs and noted Creole housewives / by Lafcadio Hearn.

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  Get this book through our Link+ service. Scholar and bibliophile Arturo Schomburg included only one recipe in his unpublished cookbook, for gumbo smoothed with slices of okra or filé powder, the dried and ground leaves from a sassafras tree. He…Read moreRead more of this annotation