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Part of the tour covered the Abyssinian Baptist church where Fats Waller used to play the organ and where his funeral was held, as with W. C. Handy.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyssinian_Baptist_Church
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fats_Waller
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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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"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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James Van Der Zee’s Dreamlike Images of the Departed
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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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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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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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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
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Celebrating Juneteenth
Photography by Carl Van Vechten in 1950s Harlem:
1) writer Zora Neal Hurston
2) singer Joyce Bryant
3) actress Carmen De Lavallade
4) painter Ladybird Cleveland#carlvanvechten #writer #writers #photographer #zoranealehurston #joycebryant #actress #actor #africanamericanhistory #blackhistory #carmendelavallade #ladybirdcleveland #painter #ladybirdstrickland #author #1950sharlem #harlemrenaissance #photography #50sstyle #style #juneteenth
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Passing
Just read this 1929 novel by American author Nella Larsen. The story centers on the reunion of two childhood friends + the discovery that one is 'passing' in a mixed race marriage.
Born in Chicago, Larsen was part of the Harlem Renaissance of the 20s + 30s. She wrote 2 novels during this time.
Photographs are by Carl Van Vechten
A film adaption of the novel was made in 2021 by Rebecca Hall.
#passing #nellalarsen #harlem #harlemrenaissance #novel #readinglist #book #books #mybookshelf #reading #livres #buch #bücher #carlvanvechten
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Passing
Just read this 1929 novel by American author Nella Larsen. The story centers on the reunion of two childhood friends + the discovery that one is 'passing' in a mixed race marriage.
Born in Chicago, Larsen was part of the Harlem Renaissance of the 20s + 30s. She wrote 2 novels during this time.
Photographs are by Carl Van Vechten
A film adaption of the novel was made in 2021 by Rebecca Hall.
#passing #nellalarsen #harlem #harlemrenaissance #novel #readinglist #book #books #mybookshelf #reading #livres #buch #bücher #carlvanvechten
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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
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started a #wikipedia article on US poet, educator, and social worker, Ethel M. Caution-Davis (1887-1981): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Caution-Davis @wikiwomeninred #BlackHistoryMonth #WomenWriters #HarlemRenaissance #YWCA #WellesleyCollege #BostonLatin
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"Ethiopia Awakening" by Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. New York Public Library.
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#grsnaps #shootgr_nyc #shootgr_newyork #monochrome #icm #icmphotography #icmphotomag #bnwphotography #blackandwhite #bnw_experimentalism
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Faith Ringgold, “All Power to the People”, 1970, cut paper design for poster, 30 × 20 inches ★ USA ★ https://www.thetextileeye.com/journal/happy-birthday-faith-ringgold ⦾ https://visit.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/faith-ringgold-american-people/ #FaithRinggold #prints #posters #posterart #feministart #artactivism #artivism #pink #green #colours #HarlemRenaissance #1970s
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"Marian Anderson," Laura Wheeler Waring, 1944.
Waring (1887-1948) came from an educated Black family (her father was a Presbyterian minister) and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She was the first Black woman to win the Cresson Memorial Scholarship which enabled her to travel to Paris. There she was able to exhibit her work and win awards and acclaim.
She returned to the US and became involved in the Harlem Renaissance, and was commissioned to do a series of portraits of prominent Black Americans, like this one.
Marian Anderson (1897-1993) was a legendary contralto. She's famous for being banned from performing at DAR Constitution Hall in 1939; Eleanor Roosevelt helped arrange for Anderson to give an open-air concert at Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday instead, which was heard by millions of radio listeners. Anderson was the first Black woman to perform with the Metropolitan Opera, and became an icon of the Civil Rights movement. She was also the first-ever winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963.
So, go look up Waring's paintings, and listen to Anderson's music! Two great legacies to investigate!
From the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC.
#Art #BlackArtists #WomenArtists #BlackWomenArtists #HarlemRenaissance #CivilRights #MarianAnderson #LauraWheelerWaring
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The #bawdy #genderqueer #lesbian #singer who helped shape the #sound of the #HarlemRenaissance.
#GladysBentley was on top of the world until the #LavenderScare forced her back into the #closet.
#Women #Lesbians #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Music #Representation #Culture #RoleModels #BlackMastodon
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[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
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And so it begins - #NowReading2024
PASSING by Nella Larsen (1929) via Oshun Publishing imbibed at Yanaka Coffee #Nishiarai #西新井
#Books #Novels #BlackLiterature #HarlemRenaissance #Bookstodon @bookstodon #BookMastodon #BooksMastodon #WomenWriters -
@npr This is a fascinating story. #NPR #Stephanie St. Clair #BlackMastodon #BlackFriday #HarlemRenaissance
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Aaron Douglas - dusktjacket art for ThAaron Douglas - dustjacket art for The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes, 1926e Weary Blues by Langston Hughes, 1926 #AaronDouglas #Langston Hughes #HarlemRenaissance #Books #Dustjacket #Art #Literature