African American Culture

The Harlem Renaissance was a multifaceted cultural movement in the African-American community, which lasted from the mid-1920s to the 1930s in the Harlem section of New York City.

The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the Black Literary Renaissance and New Negro Movement, was when literary, cultural, intellectual and artistic activity flourished within the African-American...

It should come as no surprise that a region as storied as New York City has played host to more than its fair share of notable moments in black history. From historic pre-Civil War events to...

The Harlem Renaissance, also called the New Negro Movement, was an art and social movement that began after World War I. At the height of the movement, in the 1920s and 1930s, African Americans...

The Harlem Renaissance refers to a celebration of African-American culture roughly from the 1920s to the 1940s. It represented the very beginning of the Civil Rights Movement and an increase in...

The Harlem Renaissance was a period between 1910-1930 in New York City's Harlem that saw the flourishing of African-American art, literature, music and politics.

Romare Bearden (1911 to 1988) was a 20th-century American artist renowned for his collages. Born to a middle-class African American family in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 2, 1911,...

African American Art is loosely considered to be any visual art made by Americans of African descent. More specifically, it is art influenced by African American history and and experiences of...