The Harlem Renaissance, as it would be known, was overflowing with the cultural contributions of luminaries such as Zora Neale Hurston, Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes. But it lacked a visual ...

The once-popular idea of an African renaissance is now almost forgotten. The African renaissance first advanced by South Africa supposedly as a slogan leading its post-apartheid political and economic ...

Aaron Douglas, “Aspiration” (1936), oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm), on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic ...

Every February, the nation comes together to honor and celebrate Black History Month, a time dedicated to reflecting on the ...

A showcase of teens’ talent and creativity includes flower silhouettes, neon acrylic artwork inspired by the artist Derrick ...

Black American History Month” is being acknowledged in Greenbelt by various groups. This year’s theme is African Americans ...

Contemporary visual artists included painter Aaron Douglas, sculptor Augusta Savage, and photographer James Van Der Zee. The Harlem Renaissance lent its name ... s book written by Countee Cullen. The ...

The book, out Tuesday, is a fictionalization of the lives of many of the Harlem Renaissance’s key figures, including Hughes, Countee Cullen, W.E.B. Du Bois, and the woman credited as the whole ...

The Renaissance era was one of the most beautiful and out-of-the-world revolutions in the arts arena. Be it unique painting techniques or flourishing artists like da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli ...