The Harlem Renaissance

Subscription Resources:

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World Book Online

eLibrary (Select the format of your source from books, magazines, pictures, audio, etc.)

Gale Group Databases (Go to "Discovering Collection" and "People Search" to locate books, articles, etc.)

Harlem Renaissance Resources:

Black History Biographies from Gale

The Black Renaissance in Washington (from the District of Columbia Public Library)

Drop Me off in Harlem (from The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts)

Harlem, 1900-1940: Exhibition (from The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture)

African American Registry: Biographies

Biography.com

Academy of American Poets: Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Renaissance (from Father Ryan H.S.)

Rhapsodies in Black

Artists at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

PBS Jazz Biographies

PBS Harlem Renaissance Artists

More Great Sites on Harlem Renaissance People:

Henry O. Tanner from the Smithsonian

Carl Van Vechten from the American Memory Collection

Evelyn Preer, Silent Era Actress

Bill Robinson, Dancer

James Van Der Zee

 

Hennepin County Library

If you have a hennepin County Library Card, try searching for resources at their website: http://www.hclib.org/

Suggested databases at the Hennepin County Library include:

The Biography Resurce Center

Grove Art Online

Grove Music Online

 

 

If you still don't find what you need, try searching Google: http://www.google.com

Or, if you have a Hennepin County Library Card, try searching for resources at their website: http://www.hclib.org