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Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. (The Fields of France)
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Charles Sidney Gilpin
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Harlem Renaissance
At the time the Harlem Renaissance was known as the new negro movement, named after an anthology by Alain Locke published in 1925. Though it was centered around the Harlem neighborhood of NYC, many French-speaking black writers from African and Carribean colonies who lived in Paris were also influenced. This time period gave life to African American writing, art, and music. -
Angelina Weld Grimke
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Black Swan Records
Black Swan Records is a United States record label founded in 1921 in Harlem, New York. It was the first widely distributed label to be owned and operated by, and marketed to, African Americans. The label name was revived in the 1990s for compact disc reissues of historic jazz and blues recordings. -
Cane by Jean Toomer
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The Cotton Club
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The Walls of Jericho by Rudolph Fisher
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There is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset
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The Fire in the Flint by Walter White
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Nigger Heaven by Carl Van Vechten
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Home to Harlem by Claude McKay
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Plum Bun by Jessie Redmon Fauset
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Quicksand by Nella Larsen
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Passing by Nella Larsen
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Banjo by Claude McKay
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The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman
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Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes
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God Saves Sunday by Arna Bontemps
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The Chinaberry Tree by Jessie Redmon Fauset
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Gingertown by Claude McKay
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Black No More by George Schuyler
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Slaves Today by George Schuyler
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The Conjure-Man Dies by Rudolph Fisher
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One Way to Heaven by Countee Cullen
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Infants of the Spring by Wallace Thurman
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Interne by Wallace Thurman
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Comedy, American Style by Jessie Redmon Fauset
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Banana Bottom by Claude McKay
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Jonah's Gourd Vine by Zora Neale Hurston
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Apollo Theater
One of the oldest and most famous music halls in harlem, nyc, ny. It is also the most famous club associated almost exclusively with African-American performers. -
Black Thunder by Arna Bontemps
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Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurston
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