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Introduction to the Harlem Renaissance

PBS - Harlem Renaissance (1917-1935)
UShistory.org

Contributors of the Harlem Renaissance From the Library of Congress Web Guide

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James Weldon Johnson
Jump Back in Time: James Weldon Johnson Was Born, June 17, 1871

June 17, 1871

Poet, diplomat, songwriter, and anthologist of black culture James Weldon Johnson was born on June 17, 1871, in Jacksonville, Florida.

Bill "Bojangles Robinson
Jump Back in Time: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Was Born, May 25, 1878

May 25, 1878

Legendary tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson was born on May 25, 1878, in Richmond, Virginia.

Louis Armstrong
Jump Back in Time: Jazz Giant Louis Armstrong Was Born, August 4, 1901


Zora Neal Hurston
January 7, 1891

Novelist, folklorist, dramatist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, 1891, in Eatonville, Florida, the first incorporated black town in the United States.

Langston Hughes
Jump Back in Time: Langston Hughes Was Born, February 1, 1902

February 1, 1902

Poet and writer Langston Hughes, famous for his elucidations of black American life in his poems, stories, autobiographies, and histories, was born in Joplin, Missouri, on February 1, 1902.

Mahalia Jackson
Jump Back in TIme: Mahalia Jackson Was Born, October 26, 1911

October 26, 1911

Mahalia Jackson, the "Queen of Gospel Song," was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Billie Holiday
Jump Back in Time: Billie Holiday Was Born, April 7, 1915

April 7, 1915

Jazz singer Billie Holiday was born on April 7, 1915, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Ella Fitzgerald
Jump Back in Time: Ella Fitzgerald Was Born, April 25, 1918

April 25, 1918

Ella Fitzgerald was born on April 25, 1918, in Newport News, Virginia.

James Baldwin
Jump Back in Time: Novelist, Essayist, and Playwright James Baldwin Was Born, August 2, 1924

August 2, 1924

Novelist, essayist, and playwright James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924, in New York City

Leontyne Price
Jump Back in TIme: Leontyne Price Was Born, February 10, 1927

February 10, 1927

Lyric soprano Leontyne Price was born in Laurel, Mississippi.

Dizzy Gillespie
Jump Back in Time: Dizzy Gillespie Died, January 6, 1993

January 6, 1993

Dizzy Gillespie, the last of the primary originators of Be-Bop jazz, died in Englewood, New Jersey.

Duke Elliington
Meet Amazing Americans: Duke Ellington

April 29, 1899

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, often said to be America's greatest composer, bandleader, and recording artist, was born on April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C.

Lanngston Hughes
Meet Amazing Americans: Langston Hughes
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