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The Harlem Rennaisance
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The Harlem Renaissance
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NAACP
National Association of the Advancement of Colored People is founded and W.E.B. Du Bois becomes editor of their monthly magazine. -
Ex-Colored Man
the fictional telling of the story of a young biracial man, referred to only as the “Ex-Colored Man", living in post Reconstruction era America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. -
the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
the largest mass movement in African-American history. -
369th Infantry Regiment
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James Weldon Johnson
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Shuffle Along
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The New Negro
An Interpretation is an anthology of fiction, poetry, and essays on African and African-American art. -
Harmon Foundation
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Countee Cullen and Yolande Du Bois
Countee Cullen and Yolande Du Bois married and had an extravagant wedding that is one of the most memorable social events of the Harlem Renaissance. -
Harlem by Wallace Thurman
Harlem by Wallace Thurman opens on Broadway becoming the most successful production of the time by a black author. -
Harlem Riot
Harlem is the scene of a major riot sparked by discrimination by white-owned businesses. -
Their Eyes are Watching God
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Langston Hughes The Big Sea
he recounts those memorable years in the two great playgrounds of the decade--Harlem and Paris
