The Harlem Renaissance: An Annotated Reference Guide for Student Research

279 Pages·1998·1.78 MB·English

by  Marie E. Rodgers

The Harlem Renaissance : An Annotated
title:
Reference Guide for Student Research
author: Rodgers, Marie E.
publisher: Libraries Unlimited
isbn10 | asin: 1563085801
print isbn13: 9781563085802
ebook isbn13: 9780585172613
language: English
Harlem Renaissance--Bibliography, African
subject American arts--New York (State)--New
York--Bibliography.
publication date: 1998
lcc: Z5956.A47R64 1998eb
ddc: 016.700/89/96073007471
Harlem Renaissance--Bibliography, African
subject: American arts--New York (State)--New
York--Bibliography.
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The Harlem Renaissance
An Annotated Reference Guide for Student Research
Marie E. Rodgers
1998
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rodgers, Marie E.
The Harlem Renaissance : an annotated reference guide
for student research / Marie E. Rodgers.
xvii, 139 p. 17×25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56308-580-1
1. Harlem Renaissance--Bibliography. 2. Afro-American
arts--New York (State)--New York--Bibliography. I. Title.
Z5956.A47R64 1998
[NX512.3.A35]
016.700'89'96073007471--dc21 97-46660
CIP
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DEDICATION
Chapter 1 is dedicated to Elana Elster
Chapter 6 is dedicated to Cherie Lazear
Chapter 8 is dedicated to Shannon Rodgers
Chapter 12 is dedicated to Mary Andrews
Chapter 13 is dedicated to Brian Rodgers
Chapter 15 is dedicated to Sam
Chapter 17 is dedicated to Bernard Moody and Timothy Heyward
Chapter 19 is dedicated to Zoraida Diaz
Chapter 20 is dedicated to Michelle L. Cushner
The index is dedicated to Donald E. Westlake
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CONTENTS
Dedication v
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
Part I
Historical and Biographical References
1Historical Overview 3
Disillusionment 3
The Great Migration 4
Mecca for the Arts 4
Decline 6
Arthur Schomburg and the 135th Street Library 6
Bibliography 7
2Cultural and Biographical References 13
Bibliography 13
Part II
Notable Contributors
3Major Influences 19
Jessie Fauset 19
Charles S. Johnson 19
Alain Locke 20
Carl Van Vechten 20
Walter White 21
Bibliography 21
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4Political Activists 25
W. E. B. Du Bois 25
Marcus Garvey 25
James Weldon Johnson 26
A. Philip Randolph 26
Walter White 26
Bibliography 26
5Women of the Harlem Renaissance 33
Marian Anderson 33
Josephine Baker 33
Jessie Fauset 34
Alberta Hunter 34
Zora Neale Hurston 34
Nella Larsen 35
Florence Mills 35
Augusta Savage 35
Bessie Smith 35
Ethel Waters 35
Elida Webb 37
Bibliography 37
Part III
Literature and Writing
6Literature 45
Salons 45
Countee Cullen 46
Jessie Fauset 46
Langston Hughes 46
Zora Neale Hurston 47
Nella Larsen 47
Claude McKay 47
Wallace Thurman 47
Bibliography 48
7Periodicals 59
Bibliography 59
8Quotations 61
Bibliography 61
Part IV
Visual Arts
9Art 65
Aaron Douglas 65
Sargent Johnson 65
Archibald Motley 66