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Harlem Renaissance Subject Guide LRC@TCC


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Scope of this guide: African American Literature, Art, Social and Political movements centered in the Harlem Neighborhood of New York City between 1919 and 1935

 

Browse TCC library shelves in these areas:

Harlem Renaissance: NX 512 Harlem Renaissance Literature: PS 153
African American History: E 184.5-185.98 Jazz: ML 3561
New York: F 116-130 1920s: E 784-805

 

Example broad search topics: Harlem Renaissance, African American--Intellectual life, Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--History


Books

Harlem Speaks: a living history of the Harlem Renaissance  PS 153 .N5 H267 2007

Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance REF NX512.3 .A35 E53 2004

Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance N6538.N5 R56 1997

The portable Harlem Renaissance Reader PS 153 .N5 P67 1995

Library Catalog:  Find more books and videos available at TCC libraries.


Databases (use MyTCC ID to login from off-campus)

Oxford African American Studies Center  articles, commentaries and images

Project Muse articles from humanities and social science journals

JSTOR archived scholarly journals

History Resource Center: US reference, biographies, periodicals, newspapers, primary sources, multimedia

Oxford Art Online entries on art, artists and art movements

Oxford Music Online entries on music and musicians


Internet Resources

Drop Me Off in Harlem explores the people, places and themes of the Harlem Renaissance. Easy to navigate, it includes images, videos and an interactive map.

The Harlem Renaissance has sections on education, religion, political issues and philosophy during the Harlem Renaissance as well as its performers, literature and the french connection.

The Schomberg Exhibit Harlem 1900-1940 based in the Harlem Public Library the Schomberg Center preserves African American history. This web site has photographs and information on important people, places and events. It also includes a detailed time line of Harlem in the first four decades of the twentieth century.

Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance covers artistic themes of the Harlem Renaissance.

Online News Hour Forum: Harlem Renaissance  has experts answer questions about the impact of economic and political events on the Harlem Renaissance and vice versa.

Harlem Renaissance Resources is a guide to the resources on the Library of Congress web site.  It contains photographs, transcripts, digitized original documents and links to related exhibits.

Women of the Harlem Renaissance contains brief biographies of women of the Harlem Renaissance.

 


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