Alain L. Locke (1886-1954), in his famous 1925 anthology "The""New Negro," declared that the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem. Often called the father of the Harlem Renaissance, Locke had his finger directly on that pulse, promoting, influencing, and sparring with such figures as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jacob Lawrence, Richmond Barthe, William Grant Still, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Bunche, and John Dewey. The long-awaited first biography of this extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, "Alain L. Locke "narrates the untold story of his...
Alain L. Locke (1886-1954), in his famous 1925 anthology "The""New Negro," declared that the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem. Oft...
Alain L. Locke (1886-1954), in his famous 1925 anthology "The""New Negro," declared that the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem. Often called the father of the Harlem Renaissance, Locke had his finger directly on that pulse, promoting, influencing, and sparring with such figures as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jacob Lawrence, Richmond Barthe, William Grant Still, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Bunche, and John Dewey. The long-awaited first biography of this extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, "Alain L. Locke "narrates the untold story of his...
Alain L. Locke (1886-1954), in his famous 1925 anthology "The""New Negro," declared that the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem. Oft...
While competing with Langston Hughes for the title of Poet Laureate of Harlem, Countee Cullen (1903 46) crafted poems that became touchstones for American readers, both black and white. Inspired by classic themes and working within traditional forms, Cullen shaped his poetry to address universal questions like love, death, longing, and loss while also dealing with the issues of race and idealism that permeated the national conversation. Drawing on the poet s unpublished correspondence with contemporaries and friends like Hughes, Claude McKay, Carl Van Vechten, Dorothy West, Charles S....
While competing with Langston Hughes for the title of Poet Laureate of Harlem, Countee Cullen (1903 46) crafted poems that became touchstones for A...
