harlem renaissance

102-Year-Old Former Cotton Club Dancer Finally Sees Her Performance Videos

A young filmmaker helps Alice Barker relive her glory days.
04/22/2015

This Day in Black History: June 26, 1938

James Weldon Johnson died.
06/26/2014
 Langston Hughes  - A pioneering poet, playwright and novelist of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes was also an early civil rights activist, using his art to promote Black pride (40 years before the Black Power movement) and rail against racial injustice.(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

This Day in Black History: May 22, 1967

Langston Hughes died in New York City at age 65.
05/22/2014

This Day in Black History: April 27, 1972

Painter and sculptor Charles Henry Alston died in New York.
04/27/2014

This Day in Black History: March 26, 1962

Sculptor and educator Augusta Savage died at age 70.
03/26/2013
Every Day Is Black History Month at the Schomburg Center
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Every Day Is Black History Month at the Schomburg Center

BET.com tours the Schomburg Center.
03/01/2013

This Day in Black History: Jan. 24, 1871

Historian and researcher Arthur A. Schomburg was born.
01/24/2013

This Day in Black History: Nov. 28, 1927

Artist and sculptor Charles Alston was born.
11/28/2012

Novel by Harlem Renaissance Author Uncovered

A 1941 manuscript by Claude McKay was found.
09/17/2012

This Day in Black History: May 30, 1903

Poet Countee Cullen was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
05/30/2012
Woolworth’s Lunch Counter

This Day in Black History: Feb. 1, 1960

"Greensboro Four" protest segregated lunch counter.
03/01/2012