Harlem Renaissance Websites

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Websites related to African American history http://etext.lib.virginia.= edu/harlem/ Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro (1925 publication)= African American Odyssey<= /span> (http://memory.loc.gov/amm= em/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html) This website, produced by the Library of Congress, presents an overview of African American history beginning with the Atlantic slave trade and continuing through the 20th century. <= span style=3D'color:#6600CC'>Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/) This website, produced as part of the PBS series The American Experien= ce, discusses what happened to African Americans during the second half of the 19th century.
Websites related to the Harlem Renaissance http://www.iniva.org/har= lem/index2.html Art of the Harlem Renaissance ht= tp://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/february98/harlem_2-20.html Online Forum: Harlem Renaissance http://www.si.umich.edu/CH= ICO/Harlem/ Harlem 1900-1940: An African Ameri= can Community <= span style=3D'color:#6600CC'>The Harlem Renaissance (http://www.fatherryan.org/harlemrenaissance/) This website, created and maintained by high school students, contains summaries and highlights of visual arts, performing arts, literature, and events of the 1920s. The Harlem Renaissance Co= llection (http://165.29.91.7/classe= s/humanities/amstud/97-98/harren/HARREN.HTM) This website provides a very brief historical overview of the time period= and includes links to noted leaders, writers, and entertainers. Rhapsodies in Black: The Harlem Renaissance (http://www.iniva.org/harlem/home.html)= This website describes the development of the Harlem Renaissance and noted examples of art, poetry, and literature. Harlem 1900–1940: An African-American Commu= nity (http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/Harlem/)= This exhibition website, from the Schomburg C= enter for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library, includes a timeline of the Harlem Renaissance. Drop Me Off in Harlem: Exploring the Intersection= s (http://artsedge.kennedy-c= enter.org/exploring/harlem/) This ARTSEDGE website explores the ways that different art forms and soci= al movements interacted and flourished during the Harlem Renaissance.
Jacob Lawrence websites From Jacob Lawrence: Exploring Sto= ries (presented by the Whitney Museum of American Art):= Meet Jacob Lawrence (http://www.whitney.org/ja= coblawrence/meet/index.html) Jacob Lawrence's Art (http://www.whitney.org/jacoblawrence/art/index.ht= ml) Jacob Lawrence: Over the Line (http://www.phillipscollec= tion.org/lawrence/index.html) Over the Line: The Art an= d Life of Jacob Lawrence (presented by the Seattle Art Museum Special Exhibition Gallery) (http://www.seattleartmuse= um.org/exhibit/exhibitDetail.asp?WHEN=3D&eventID=3D2923) Remembering Jacob Lawrenc= e (http://www.pbs.org/newsho= ur/bb/remember/jan-june00/lawrence_6-13.html)<= /p>


William H. Johnson websites <= span style=3D'color:#6600CC'>The William H. Johnson Foundation for the Arts (http://www.whjohnsongrant.org/whjohnson.html) A Journey Through Art with W.H. Johnson (presented by the Smith= sonian American Art Museum) (http://americanart.si.edu= /education/johnson/index.html) Rhapsodies in Black: William H. Johnson (<= span style=3D'color:#6600CC'>http://www.iniva.org/harlem/william.html) Street Life, Harlem (by William H. Johnson, presented = within the Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Harlem Renaissance entry) (http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/harlem.htm) Mom Alice (by William H. Johnson, presented = by American Art from the Howard University Collection) (http://www.founders.howar= d.edu/hucollection/JohnsonWilliamH1.htm)
Duke Ellington websites Duke Ellington: Celebrati= ng 100 Years of the Man and His Music (http://dellington.org/) PBS Biographies: Duke Ell= ington (http://www.pbs.org/jazz/b= iography/artist_id_ellington_duke.htm) Duke Ellington 1899–1974: America's Jazz Ambassador (http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Ellingtn.htm<= /span>) Photograph of Duke Elling= ton (from the Library of Congress) (http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhi= bits/odyssey/archive/08/0811001r.jpg)
Bessie Smith websites PBS Biographies: Bessie S= mith (http://www.pbs.org/jazz/b= iography/artist_id_smith_bessie.htm) Bessie Smith 1894–1= 937: Jazz Singer (http://library.thinkquest= .org/10320/Smith.htm?tqskip1=3D1&tqtime=3D0408) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: Bessie Smi= th (http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=3D190= ) Bessie Smith: Empress of = the Blues (http://www.library.csi.cu= ny.edu/dept/history/lavender/386/bsmith.html)<= /p>
Langston Hughes websites The Academy of American Poets: Langston Hughes (http://www.poets.org/poet= s/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C0E01) America's Story from Amer= ica's Library: Langston Hughes (http://www.americaslibrar= y.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/hughes) = I Hear America Singing: Profile of Langston Hughe= s (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/hughes.html) A Centennial Tribute to L= angston Hughes (http://www.founders.howar= d.edu/Reference/Webliographies/Langston_Hughes2_files/Langston_Hughes2.htm<= /span>)
Countee Cullen websites Modern American Poetry: C= ountee Cullen (http://www.english.uiuc.e= du/maps/poets/a_f/cullen/cullen.htm) The Academy of American Poets: Countee Cullen (http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/55) Countee Cullen (http://www.afropoets.net/counteecullen.html) Rendezvous with Life: An Interview With Countee C= ullen (http://newdeal.feri.org/magpie/docs/42winp19.htm<= /span>)