Harlem Renaissance

Published: July 17, 2020, 4 p.m.

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A cultural movement of Black writers and artists was flourishing a century ago in uptown New York, and it\\u2019s being remembered now with various virtual events. As WNYC\\u2019s Sara Fishko tells us in this episode of\\xa0Fishko Files, the\\xa0Harlem Renaissance\\xa0movement was rich with ideas.

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Emily Bernard\\xa0is a professor at the University of Vermont and the editor of\\xa0Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten.

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Harlem Renaissance 100\\xa0continues with its second, virtual phase. Next up: The Importance of Being Earnest, presented by the Harlem Shakespeare Festival, on July 26.

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A box set from the Library of Congress,\\xa0Harlem Renaissance Novels, offers a deeper dive into the\\xa0literature of the movement.

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