If this love affair didn’t happen, the Harlem Renaissance may not have ever occurred
Veteran author Victoria Christopher Murray returns with her first solo work of historical fiction, “Harlem Rhapsody.” ...
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Bringing Jessie R. Fauset to life in 'Harlem Rhapsody'
Victoria Christopher Murray's new historical novel, "Harlem Rhapsody," is a love letter to Harlem in the early 1920s and to ...
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These books paint pictures of the past for Black History Month and Presidents Day
This month, the books selected celebrate Black History Month as well as Presidents Day.
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Read these books suggested by Langston Hughes
One book that echoes the themes explored in Langston Hughes's poetry is The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois. This ...
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Review: ‘The Personal Librarian’ author tackles 1920s New York in ‘Harlem Rhapsody’
The real-life folks who populate it include W.E.B. Du Bois, the writer and activist ... need to know anything about those giants of the Harlem Renaissance to appreciate “Rhapsody.” ...
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Columnist Charles Blow To Leave New York Times, Accept Inaugural Langston Hughes Fellowship at Harvard
Blow will leave The New York Times and receive the inaugural Langston Hughes fellowship at Harvard, hosted by the W. E. B. Du Bois Research ... A leader in the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes was ...
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Great Barrington announces eighth annual W.E.B. Du Bois Legacy Festival and Du Bois Legacy Day observance
In marking 90 years since the publication of Du Bois’s groundbreaking work "Black Reconstruction," this year’s festival will ...
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The strength and endurance of Black love
The 22-foot-tall sculpture The Embrace, in the Boston Common, symbolizes the strength of Black love. It symbolizes the love of a power couple and the hug Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott ...