Harlem Renaissance, Narrated by Dianne Johnson-Feelings

Dr. Dianne Johnson-Feelings is a professor of English at the University of South Carolina. As Dinah Johnson, she is the author of many picture books including H is for Harlem. Johnson-Feelings explores the Harlem Renaissance, the explosion of Black art, music, and literature that reshaped American culture in the early twentieth century.

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Notes

Unless otherwise noted, all images used in this video are in the public domain.

Simms Campbell, A nightclub map of Harlem, Dell Publishing Company, 1932, Library of Congress,

Adelaide Hall and Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson in Brown Buddies, on Broadway, 1930 by The Richmond Planet. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Three Harlem Women, ca. 1925. CC BY-SA 4.0.