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"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" is a 1935 #popular #song with music by #FredEAhlert and lyrics by #JoeYoung. It has been recorded many times, and has become a standard of the #GreatAmericanSongbook. It was popularized by #FatsWaller, who recorded it in 1935 at the height of his fame. It is one of several songs from the #HarlemRenaissance featured in the Broadway musical #AintMisbehavin. The lyrics are addressed to a lover.
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"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" is a 1935 #popular #song with music by #FredEAhlert and lyrics by #JoeYoung. It has been recorded many times, and has become a standard of the #GreatAmericanSongbook. It was popularized by #FatsWaller, who recorded it in 1935 at the height of his fame. It is one of several songs from the #HarlemRenaissance featured in the Broadway musical #AintMisbehavin. The lyrics are addressed to a lover.
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"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" is a 1935 #popular #song with music by #FredEAhlert and lyrics by #JoeYoung. It has been recorded many times, and has become a standard of the #GreatAmericanSongbook. It was popularized by #FatsWaller, who recorded it in 1935 at the height of his fame. It is one of several songs from the #HarlemRenaissance featured in the Broadway musical #AintMisbehavin. The lyrics are addressed to a lover.
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"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" is a 1935 #popular #song with music by #FredEAhlert and lyrics by #JoeYoung. It has been recorded many times, and has become a standard of the #GreatAmericanSongbook. It was popularized by #FatsWaller, who recorded it in 1935 at the height of his fame. It is one of several songs from the #HarlemRenaissance featured in the Broadway musical #AintMisbehavin. The lyrics are addressed to a lover.
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"Mother and Daughter," Laura Wheeler Waring, 1927.
Waring (1887-1948) was the great portrait artist of the Harlem Renaissance, chronicling many of the major figures of the era. However, in this portrait of two unidentified women, she confronts a social reality.
This is actually a daring painting for the time as it confronts the realities of mixed-race marriages, at the time a highly controversial subject. (Remember, the Supreme Court didn't legalize mixed-race marriage until the 60s.) Here we have the Black mother and the white-presenting daughter, looking very different but also very alike; even their noses are identical.
What's interesting here is how she takes the style of classical Roman portraits (there are similar ones out there), and mixes it with modernist techniques, as well as a modern social sensibility. The two women seem almost like allies, facing the world together. Mother looks determined; daughter perhaps a bit less so, but still, they're there together.
A remarkable painting!
Happy Portrait Monday!
From a private collection.
#Art #LauraWheelerWaring #HarlemRenaissance #BlackHistory #Family #MotherAndDaughter #PortraitMonday
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"Mother and Daughter," Laura Wheeler Waring, 1927.
Waring (1887-1948) was the great portrait artist of the Harlem Renaissance, chronicling many of the major figures of the era. However, in this portrait of two unidentified women, she confronts a social reality.
This is actually a daring painting for the time as it confronts the realities of mixed-race marriages, at the time a highly controversial subject. (Remember, the Supreme Court didn't legalize mixed-race marriage until the 60s.) Here we have the Black mother and the white-presenting daughter, looking very different but also very alike; even their noses are identical.
What's interesting here is how she takes the style of classical Roman portraits (there are similar ones out there), and mixes it with modernist techniques, as well as a modern social sensibility. The two women seem almost like allies, facing the world together. Mother looks determined; daughter perhaps a bit less so, but still, they're there together.
A remarkable painting!
Happy Portrait Monday!
From a private collection.
#Art #LauraWheelerWaring #HarlemRenaissance #BlackHistory #Family #MotherAndDaughter #PortraitMonday
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"Mother and Daughter," Laura Wheeler Waring, 1927.
Waring (1887-1948) was the great portrait artist of the Harlem Renaissance, chronicling many of the major figures of the era. However, in this portrait of two unidentified women, she confronts a social reality.
This is actually a daring painting for the time as it confronts the realities of mixed-race marriages, at the time a highly controversial subject. (Remember, the Supreme Court didn't legalize mixed-race marriage until the 60s.) Here we have the Black mother and the white-presenting daughter, looking very different but also very alike; even their noses are identical.
What's interesting here is how she takes the style of classical Roman portraits (there are similar ones out there), and mixes it with modernist techniques, as well as a modern social sensibility. The two women seem almost like allies, facing the world together. Mother looks determined; daughter perhaps a bit less so, but still, they're there together.
A remarkable painting!
Happy Portrait Monday!
From a private collection.
#Art #LauraWheelerWaring #HarlemRenaissance #BlackHistory #Family #MotherAndDaughter #PortraitMonday
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"Mother and Daughter," Laura Wheeler Waring, 1927.
Waring (1887-1948) was the great portrait artist of the Harlem Renaissance, chronicling many of the major figures of the era. However, in this portrait of two unidentified women, she confronts a social reality.
This is actually a daring painting for the time as it confronts the realities of mixed-race marriages, at the time a highly controversial subject. (Remember, the Supreme Court didn't legalize mixed-race marriage until the 60s.) Here we have the Black mother and the white-presenting daughter, looking very different but also very alike; even their noses are identical.
What's interesting here is how she takes the style of classical Roman portraits (there are similar ones out there), and mixes it with modernist techniques, as well as a modern social sensibility. The two women seem almost like allies, facing the world together. Mother looks determined; daughter perhaps a bit less so, but still, they're there together.
A remarkable painting!
Happy Portrait Monday!
From a private collection.
#Art #LauraWheelerWaring #HarlemRenaissance #BlackHistory #Family #MotherAndDaughter #PortraitMonday
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/97444/ Harlem Renaissance Rebel In Senegal’s Cinematic Revolution #ClaudeMcKay #FreeFrenchForces #HarlemRenaissance #OusmaneSembène #Sénégal #Video
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"Girl in a Pink Dress," Laura Wheeler Waring, 1927.
Waring (1887-1948) was THE great portrait artist of the Harlem Renaissance. Her depictions of major figures in Black history make her worthy of study.
Here we have a portrait of an unidentified young Black woman in a stylist 20s dress, with a stylish 20s hairdo. This is a young lady of fashion, very up-to-the-minute.
But also, her youth, the choice of pink for her dress, and the corsage at her shoulder...this hints at blossoming and young vitality. "Here," Wheeler may be saying, "is the future of Black America, just coming into blossom!"
I've talked about Waring before, including her many portraits and her years teaching, so I won't go into her life story. But I just love this portrait of a young, vital, serene woman, waiting to take on the world.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From a private collection.
#Art #LauraWheelerWaring #WomenArtists #WomenInArt #BlackHistoryMonth #PortraitMonday #HarlemRenaissance #YouthInBlossom #FutureOfAmerica
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"Girl in a Pink Dress," Laura Wheeler Waring, 1927.
Waring (1887-1948) was THE great portrait artist of the Harlem Renaissance. Her depictions of major figures in Black history make her worthy of study.
Here we have a portrait of an unidentified young Black woman in a stylist 20s dress, with a stylish 20s hairdo. This is a young lady of fashion, very up-to-the-minute.
But also, her youth, the choice of pink for her dress, and the corsage at her shoulder...this hints at blossoming and young vitality. "Here," Wheeler may be saying, "is the future of Black America, just coming into blossom!"
I've talked about Waring before, including her many portraits and her years teaching, so I won't go into her life story. But I just love this portrait of a young, vital, serene woman, waiting to take on the world.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From a private collection.
#Art #LauraWheelerWaring #WomenArtists #WomenInArt #BlackHistoryMonth #PortraitMonday #HarlemRenaissance #YouthInBlossom #FutureOfAmerica
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"Girl in a Pink Dress," Laura Wheeler Waring, 1927.
Waring (1887-1948) was THE great portrait artist of the Harlem Renaissance. Her depictions of major figures in Black history make her worthy of study.
Here we have a portrait of an unidentified young Black woman in a stylist 20s dress, with a stylish 20s hairdo. This is a young lady of fashion, very up-to-the-minute.
But also, her youth, the choice of pink for her dress, and the corsage at her shoulder...this hints at blossoming and young vitality. "Here," Wheeler may be saying, "is the future of Black America, just coming into blossom!"
I've talked about Waring before, including her many portraits and her years teaching, so I won't go into her life story. But I just love this portrait of a young, vital, serene woman, waiting to take on the world.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From a private collection.
#Art #LauraWheelerWaring #WomenArtists #WomenInArt #BlackHistoryMonth #PortraitMonday #HarlemRenaissance #YouthInBlossom #FutureOfAmerica
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"Girl in a Pink Dress," Laura Wheeler Waring, 1927.
Waring (1887-1948) was THE great portrait artist of the Harlem Renaissance. Her depictions of major figures in Black history make her worthy of study.
Here we have a portrait of an unidentified young Black woman in a stylist 20s dress, with a stylish 20s hairdo. This is a young lady of fashion, very up-to-the-minute.
But also, her youth, the choice of pink for her dress, and the corsage at her shoulder...this hints at blossoming and young vitality. "Here," Wheeler may be saying, "is the future of Black America, just coming into blossom!"
I've talked about Waring before, including her many portraits and her years teaching, so I won't go into her life story. But I just love this portrait of a young, vital, serene woman, waiting to take on the world.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From a private collection.
#Art #LauraWheelerWaring #WomenArtists #WomenInArt #BlackHistoryMonth #PortraitMonday #HarlemRenaissance #YouthInBlossom #FutureOfAmerica
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Explore Black literary NYC with this map of 100 important spots – Literary Hub
Image from www.officiallangstonhughes.comExplore Black literary NYC with this map of 100 important spots.
By James Folta, February 10, 2026
This year is the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, and the bookstore McNally Jackson put together a list of 100 places in New York’s five boroughs that were significant for Black literary culture.
It’s a pretty comprehensive list of culturally important locations in literature, music, and art. It’s worth clicking around, but the list includes Akwaaba Mansion, the former home of Minton’s Playhouse, Strivers’ Row, The Schomburg Center, and the spot where “The Dinner Party that Started the Harlem Renaissance” was held in 1924.
The research here spans a century, and includes the locations of some of the oldest Black communities in the US, abolitionist sites like the underground railroad stop where Frederick Douglass passed through, the church where Sojourner Truth preached, and the HQs of publications like The Crisis, The Freedom’s Journal, and the New York Amsterdam News.
There are also lots of spots where writers lived and worked, including the homes of Lorraine Hansberry, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Colson Whitehead, bell hooks, June Jordan, and Zora Neale Hurston. You’ll also find a whole swath of contemporary libraries, bookstores, and event spaces on the list.
The weather’s warming in NYC, so if you’re looking for a rambling afternoon, this is a great tool to get you started.
Image from www.officiallangstonhughes.com
black history literary history maps McNally-Jackson New York City
By James Folta
James Folta is a writer and the managing editor of Points in Case. He co-writes the weekly Newsletter of Humorous Writing. More at www.jamesfolta.com or at jfolta[at]lithub[dot]com.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Literary Hub » Explore Black literary NYC with this map of 100 important spots.
Tags: 100 Cultural Spots, 100 Places, 100th Anniversary, Black History, Black History Month, Black Literary Culture, Explore, Five Boroughs, Harlem Renaissance, James Folta, Literary Hub, Map, NYC
#100CulturalSpots #100Places #100thAnniversary #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackLiteraryCulture #Explore #FiveBoroughs #HarlemRenaissance #JamesFolta #LiteraryHub #Map #NYC -
Explore Black literary NYC with this map of 100 important spots – Literary Hub
Image from www.officiallangstonhughes.comExplore Black literary NYC with this map of 100 important spots.
By James Folta, February 10, 2026
This year is the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, and the bookstore McNally Jackson put together a list of 100 places in New York’s five boroughs that were significant for Black literary culture.
It’s a pretty comprehensive list of culturally important locations in literature, music, and art. It’s worth clicking around, but the list includes Akwaaba Mansion, the former home of Minton’s Playhouse, Strivers’ Row, The Schomburg Center, and the spot where “The Dinner Party that Started the Harlem Renaissance” was held in 1924.
The research here spans a century, and includes the locations of some of the oldest Black communities in the US, abolitionist sites like the underground railroad stop where Frederick Douglass passed through, the church where Sojourner Truth preached, and the HQs of publications like The Crisis, The Freedom’s Journal, and the New York Amsterdam News.
There are also lots of spots where writers lived and worked, including the homes of Lorraine Hansberry, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Colson Whitehead, bell hooks, June Jordan, and Zora Neale Hurston. You’ll also find a whole swath of contemporary libraries, bookstores, and event spaces on the list.
The weather’s warming in NYC, so if you’re looking for a rambling afternoon, this is a great tool to get you started.
Image from www.officiallangstonhughes.com
black history literary history maps McNally-Jackson New York City
By James Folta
James Folta is a writer and the managing editor of Points in Case. He co-writes the weekly Newsletter of Humorous Writing. More at www.jamesfolta.com or at jfolta[at]lithub[dot]com.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Literary Hub » Explore Black literary NYC with this map of 100 important spots.
Tags: 100 Cultural Spots, 100 Places, 100th Anniversary, Black History, Black History Month, Black Literary Culture, Explore, Five Boroughs, Harlem Renaissance, James Folta, Literary Hub, Map, NYC
#100CulturalSpots #100Places #100thAnniversary #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackLiteraryCulture #Explore #FiveBoroughs #HarlemRenaissance #JamesFolta #LiteraryHub #Map #NYC -
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" is a 1935 #popular song with music by #FredEAhlert and lyrics by #JoeYoung. It has been recorded many times, and has become a standard of the #GreatAmericanSongbook. It was popularized by #FatsWaller, who recorded it in 1935 at the height of his fame. It is one of several songs from the #HarlemRenaissance featured in the Broadway musical #AintMisbehavin. The lyrics are addressed to a lover.
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"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" is a 1935 #popular song with music by #FredEAhlert and lyrics by #JoeYoung. It has been recorded many times, and has become a standard of the #GreatAmericanSongbook. It was popularized by #FatsWaller, who recorded it in 1935 at the height of his fame. It is one of several songs from the #HarlemRenaissance featured in the Broadway musical #AintMisbehavin. The lyrics are addressed to a lover.
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"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" is a 1935 #popular song with music by #FredEAhlert and lyrics by #JoeYoung. It has been recorded many times, and has become a standard of the #GreatAmericanSongbook. It was popularized by #FatsWaller, who recorded it in 1935 at the height of his fame. It is one of several songs from the #HarlemRenaissance featured in the Broadway musical #AintMisbehavin. The lyrics are addressed to a lover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYZkU0786RM -
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" is a 1935 #popular song with music by #FredEAhlert and lyrics by #JoeYoung. It has been recorded many times, and has become a standard of the #GreatAmericanSongbook. It was popularized by #FatsWaller, who recorded it in 1935 at the height of his fame. It is one of several songs from the #HarlemRenaissance featured in the Broadway musical #AintMisbehavin. The lyrics are addressed to a lover.
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"Girl in a Green Cap," Laura Wheeler Waring, 1930.
Waring (1887-1948) was THE great portraitist of the Harlem Renaissance, painting many of the notable Black people of the era.
Born in Hartford, CT, the daughter of a minister, her family was educated and cultured, and her ancestors had been part of the Underground Railroad. She attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, graduating in 1914. She traveled briefly in Europe, returning home when WWI started, but returned in the 20s, where she honed her style and exhibited in Paris galleries.
Returning to the US in 1927, she was commissioned to do portraits of figures of the Harlem Renaissance; this project, along with her work teaching at Cheyney University, an HBCU outside Philadelphia, was to consume the rest of her life. Her work is now featured in some of the country's top museums and galleries.
The subject of this portrait is unknown, but her calm confidence and self-assurance, and that knockout outfit, are beyond question.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From the Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
#Art #LauraWheelerWaring #Portrait #PortraitMonday #HarlemRenaissance #BlackHistory #MLKDay #BelieveInYourself
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"Girl in a Green Cap," Laura Wheeler Waring, 1930.
Waring (1887-1948) was THE great portraitist of the Harlem Renaissance, painting many of the notable Black people of the era.
Born in Hartford, CT, the daughter of a minister, her family was educated and cultured, and her ancestors had been part of the Underground Railroad. She attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, graduating in 1914. She traveled briefly in Europe, returning home when WWI started, but returned in the 20s, where she honed her style and exhibited in Paris galleries.
Returning to the US in 1927, she was commissioned to do portraits of figures of the Harlem Renaissance; this project, along with her work teaching at Cheyney University, an HBCU outside Philadelphia, was to consume the rest of her life. Her work is now featured in some of the country's top museums and galleries.
The subject of this portrait is unknown, but her calm confidence and self-assurance, and that knockout outfit, are beyond question.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From the Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
#Art #LauraWheelerWaring #Portrait #PortraitMonday #HarlemRenaissance #BlackHistory #MLKDay #BelieveInYourself
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"Girl in a Green Cap," Laura Wheeler Waring, 1930.
Waring (1887-1948) was THE great portraitist of the Harlem Renaissance, painting many of the notable Black people of the era.
Born in Hartford, CT, the daughter of a minister, her family was educated and cultured, and her ancestors had been part of the Underground Railroad. She attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, graduating in 1914. She traveled briefly in Europe, returning home when WWI started, but returned in the 20s, where she honed her style and exhibited in Paris galleries.
Returning to the US in 1927, she was commissioned to do portraits of figures of the Harlem Renaissance; this project, along with her work teaching at Cheyney University, an HBCU outside Philadelphia, was to consume the rest of her life. Her work is now featured in some of the country's top museums and galleries.
The subject of this portrait is unknown, but her calm confidence and self-assurance, and that knockout outfit, are beyond question.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From the Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
#Art #LauraWheelerWaring #Portrait #PortraitMonday #HarlemRenaissance #BlackHistory #MLKDay #BelieveInYourself
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"Girl in a Green Cap," Laura Wheeler Waring, 1930.
Waring (1887-1948) was THE great portraitist of the Harlem Renaissance, painting many of the notable Black people of the era.
Born in Hartford, CT, the daughter of a minister, her family was educated and cultured, and her ancestors had been part of the Underground Railroad. She attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, graduating in 1914. She traveled briefly in Europe, returning home when WWI started, but returned in the 20s, where she honed her style and exhibited in Paris galleries.
Returning to the US in 1927, she was commissioned to do portraits of figures of the Harlem Renaissance; this project, along with her work teaching at Cheyney University, an HBCU outside Philadelphia, was to consume the rest of her life. Her work is now featured in some of the country's top museums and galleries.
The subject of this portrait is unknown, but her calm confidence and self-assurance, and that knockout outfit, are beyond question.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From the Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
#Art #LauraWheelerWaring #Portrait #PortraitMonday #HarlemRenaissance #BlackHistory #MLKDay #BelieveInYourself
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James Van Der Zee’s Dreamlike Images of the Departed
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James Van Der Zee’s Dreamlike Images of the Departed
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James Van Der Zee’s Dreamlike Images of the Departed
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“…the jobless should lead the attack on the bastilles, the bonded warehouses along the docks to solve the question of unemployment.” (1920)
If We Must Die (1919)
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/if-we-must-die#ClaudeMcKay #HarlemRenaissance #journalism #poetry #workingclasshistory
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“…the jobless should lead the attack on the bastilles, the bonded warehouses along the docks to solve the question of unemployment.” (1920)
If We Must Die (1919)
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/if-we-must-die#ClaudeMcKay #HarlemRenaissance #journalism #poetry #workingclasshistory
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“…the jobless should lead the attack on the bastilles, the bonded warehouses along the docks to solve the question of unemployment.” (1920)
If We Must Die (1919)
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/if-we-must-die#ClaudeMcKay #HarlemRenaissance #journalism #poetry #workingclasshistory
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“Once Upon a Time in Harlem” Is a Film for the Ages
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“That must be the reason … why poverty-stricken old Negroes … lived so long — because to them, no matter how hard life might be, it was not without laughter.”
— Langston Hughes, Not Without Laughter (Chapter 25)
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“That must be the reason … why poverty-stricken old Negroes … lived so long — because to them, no matter how hard life might be, it was not without laughter.”
— Langston Hughes, Not Without Laughter (Chapter 25)
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“That must be the reason … why poverty-stricken old Negroes … lived so long — because to them, no matter how hard life might be, it was not without laughter.”
— Langston Hughes, Not Without Laughter (Chapter 25)
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“That must be the reason … why poverty-stricken old Negroes … lived so long — because to them, no matter how hard life might be, it was not without laughter.”
— Langston Hughes, Not Without Laughter (Chapter 25)
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Gotta love Radio 3 - the 1st of FIVE episodes of Composer of The Week all devoted to the #HarlemRenaissance This week - Willie 'The Lion' Smith. 🎧 🎼 🎵 🎶 #Jazz #JazzPiano Originally broadcast November 2022 (And yes, I know the #BBC news coverage is currently shite.) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Gotta love Radio 3 - the 1st of FIVE episodes of Composer of The Week all devoted to the #HarlemRenaissance This week - Willie 'The Lion' Smith. 🎧 🎼 🎵 🎶 #Jazz #JazzPiano Originally broadcast November 2022 (And yes, I know the #BBC news coverage is currently shite.) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the ... -
Gotta love Radio 3 - the 1st of FIVE episodes of Composer of The Week all devoted to the #HarlemRenaissance This week - Willie 'The Lion' Smith. 🎧 🎼 🎵 🎶 #Jazz #JazzPiano Originally broadcast November 2022 (And yes, I know the #BBC news coverage is currently shite.) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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“Police were on the alert to suppress disorder, except what they created.” — George Schuyler, Black No More (1931) #books #scifi #Afrofuturism #HarlemRenaissance
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“Police were on the alert to suppress disorder, except what they created.” — George Schuyler, Black No More (1931) #books #scifi #Afrofuturism #HarlemRenaissance
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“Police were on the alert to suppress disorder, except what they created.” — George Schuyler, Black No More (1931) #books #scifi #Afrofuturism #HarlemRenaissance
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“Them white folks is sure a sight …. They is sure got great heads for figuring out something that ain’t. They sure loves to wring and twist about nothing. Nothing going to do them now but to make somebody say white mens was telling us to rise up [in revolt]”
— Gabriel in Arna Bontemps’ Black Thunder
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“Them white folks is sure a sight …. They is sure got great heads for figuring out something that ain’t. They sure loves to wring and twist about nothing. Nothing going to do them now but to make somebody say white mens was telling us to rise up [in revolt]”
— Gabriel in Arna Bontemps’ Black Thunder
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“Them white folks is sure a sight …. They is sure got great heads for figuring out something that ain’t. They sure loves to wring and twist about nothing. Nothing going to do them now but to make somebody say white mens was telling us to rise up [in revolt]”
— Gabriel in Arna Bontemps’ Black Thunder
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“Window Cleaning,” by Aaron Douglas, oil on canvas, 1935, Sheldon Museum of Art.
I love this painting partly because it’s so different from the famous Aaron Douglas paintings, which I also love.
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“Window Cleaning,” by Aaron Douglas, oil on canvas, 1935, Sheldon Museum of Art.
I love this painting partly because it’s so different from the famous Aaron Douglas paintings, which I also love.
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“Window Cleaning,” by Aaron Douglas, oil on canvas, 1935, Sheldon Museum of Art.
I love this painting partly because it’s so different from the famous Aaron Douglas paintings, which I also love.
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“Window Cleaning,” by Aaron Douglas, oil on canvas, 1935, Sheldon Museum of Art.
I love this painting partly because it’s so different from the famous Aaron Douglas paintings, which I also love.
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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Just finished reading this excellent 1912 novel by James Weldon Johnson - the fictional account of a young biracial man living in the post-Reconstruction era of America. The title of the book is a bit misleading since throughout most of the lead character's story he is exploring his place in society with full acknowledgment of his true racial identity.
Weldon was a writer + civil rights activist - an early leader of the NAACP. He was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems + wrote the lyrics for "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which later became known as the Black National Anthem.
#autobiographyofanexcoloredman #jamesweldonjohnson #writer #author #poet #novel #mybookshelf #myreadinglist #book #books #booklist #bookworld #lifteveryvoiceandsing #harlemrenaissance
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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Just finished reading this excellent 1912 novel by James Weldon Johnson - the fictional account of a young biracial man living in the post-Reconstruction era of America. The title of the book is a bit misleading since throughout most of the lead character's story he is exploring his place in society with full acknowledgment of his true racial identity.
Weldon was a writer + civil rights activist - an early leader of the NAACP. He was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems + wrote the lyrics for "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which later became known as the Black National Anthem.
#autobiographyofanexcoloredman #jamesweldonjohnson #writer #author #poet #novel #mybookshelf #myreadinglist #book #books #booklist #bookworld #lifteveryvoiceandsing #harlemrenaissance
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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Just finished reading this excellent 1912 novel by James Weldon Johnson - the fictional account of a young biracial man living in the post-Reconstruction era of America. The title of the book is a bit misleading since throughout most of the lead character's story he is exploring his place in society with full acknowledgment of his true racial identity.
Weldon was a writer + civil rights activist - an early leader of the NAACP. He was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems + wrote the lyrics for "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which later became known as the Black National Anthem.
#autobiographyofanexcoloredman #jamesweldonjohnson #writer #author #poet #novel #mybookshelf #myreadinglist #book #books #booklist #bookworld #lifteveryvoiceandsing #harlemrenaissance
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William H. Johnson
Mountain Blossoms
1937
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William H. Johnson
Mountain Blossoms
1937
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William H. Johnson
Mountain Blossoms
1937
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#WilliamHJohnson #HarlemRenaissance #landscapeart #art #painting
