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With federal funding slashed, libraries and museums across the country have been forced to find new ways to tell their ...
Schomburg moved to New York in 1891 and, during the height of the Harlem Renaissance in 1926, sold his collection of approximately 4,000 books and pamphlets to the New York Public Library.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country.
Much has happened in Harlem since it first jumped to international literary acclaim in the 1920s. Yet as the stewards of the upper Manhattan neighborhood’s literary institutions look to preserve ...
For this year’s Met Gala, Dapper Dan used an actual zoot suit from the Harlem Renaissance era as a model to fashion his own entirely sequin-covered version, featuring both a Sankofa symbol in ...
This year’s Met Gala theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” is an intentional reflection of Black Dandyism. That said, when it came to selecting the all-Black male Chairs, Colman Domingo ...
The Legacy Ball will not only honor the Harlem Renaissance’s 100th anniversary, but celebrate its long-lasting influence on Black history, art, and fashion.
The Harlem Renaissance was mainly prominent throughout the decade of the 1920s and into the 1930s. Hahn said this is TSAS' first time hosting a party like this. "This is the first one.
Tucked into a quiet corner of Upper Manhattan is one of Harlem’s last informal jazz parlors. It’s a setting you might not expect: a small living room decked with family photographs, magazine clippings ...