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This is a list of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, in the 1920s. Dancers, choreographers, and orchestra leaders
Gwendolyn B. Bennett (July 8, 1902 – May 30, 1981) was an American artist, writer, and journalist who contributed to Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, which chronicled cultural advancements during the Harlem Renaissance. Though often overlooked, she herself made considerable accomplishments in art, poetry, and prose.
However, others argue that her work was a raw and important representation of how life was for many people, especially women, during the Harlem Renaissance. Larsen's novel Passing was adapted as a 2021 film of the same name by Rebecca Hall. [26]
The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, and spanning the 1920s.This list includes intellectuals and activists, writers, artists, and performers who were closely associated with the movement.
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. [1]
Her story, created in collaboration with New York Times best-selling novelist Brit Bennett, author of the Vanishing Half, takes place during the 1920s Harlem Renaissance and is designed to give ...
She contributed more than $100,000 to a number of African-American artists and writers of the Harlem Renaissance, equal to more than $1 million in 2003. This was especially critical during the Great Depression, when foundation support declined. She helped young artists become established.
The Harlem Renaissance, a period from the 1910s to mid-1930s that saw the meteoric rise of Black artistry, inspired much of "Reel" and the character of Dessi Blue.