#harlemrenaissance — Public Fediverse posts

Celebrating Juneteenth

Photography by Carl Van Vechten in 1950s Harlem:

1) actor James Earl Jones
2) writer James Baldwin
3) Billie Holiday
4) writer WEB DuBois

#carlvanvechten #writer #writers #photographer #zoranealehurston #joycebryant #actor #africanamericanhistory #blackhistory #jamesearljones #singer #jamesbaldwin #author #billieholiday #webdubois #harlem #1950s #1950sharlem #harlemrenaissance #photography #50sstyle #style #juneteenth

started a #wikipedia article on US writer, editor, Marian Minus (1914-1972): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Minus @wikiwomeninred @wikilovespride @fiskuniversity #UniversityofChicago #MarthasVineyard #RichardWright #DorothyWest #HarlemRenaissance #Chicago #WomenWriters

[Audio] Three #Poets of the #HarlemRenaissance

An #anthology of over 250 #poems from the 1920s peak of the Harlem Renaissance. #Narrator #RonButler highlights #CounteeCullen's #classical #themes. #RobinMiles brings out the #warmth in #GeorgiaDouglasJohnson's work. #KevinKenerly conveys #LangstonHughes's unique #jazz #rhythms.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Poetry #Audiobooks #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/234457/three-poets-of-the-harlem-renaissance-by-langston-hughes-georgia-douglas-johnson-countee-cullen-read-by-kevin-kenerly-robin-miles/