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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The collected works of Langston Hughes	Langston Hughes	Not Without Laughter is a story of an African-American family. The main character, Sandy observes the difficulties of an African-American while growing up. Sandy’s family is poor due to the discrimin…	OL11022833W
Inventing the new Negro	Daphne Mary Lamothe	"It is no coincidence, Daphne Lamothe writes, that so many black writers and intellectuals of the first half of the twentieth century either trained formally as ethnographers or worked as amateur col…	OL11869518W
The Harlem Renaissance	Lucia Raatma	An introduction to the period in the 1920s known as the Harlem Renaissance, when the expression of African American creativity in many forms flourished.	OL15050530W
The Harlem Renaissance	Kevin Hillstrom	"Provides a detailed, factual account of the emergence and development of the Harlem Renaissance and its ongoing effect on American society. Features include a narrative overview, biographical profil…	OL15058289W
Black orchid blues	Persia Walker	"Lanie Price, a 1920s Harlem society columnist, witnesses the brutal nightclub kidnapping of the "Black Orchid," a sultry, seductive singer with a mysterious past. When hours pass without a word from…	OL16668622W
The Harlem Renaissance	Dolores Johnson	"Covers a period of great creativity in the African-American community, when art, literature, music, and political commentary flourished; centered in Harlem, the era reached its peak in the 1920s and…	OL18749029W
The Harlem Renaissance	Karen Kuehner	[This book] includes short stories, novel excerpts, poems, plays, essays, and other documents by both famous and lesser-known authors. -Back cover.	OL19152475W
The new Negro	Jeffrey C. Stewart	A tiny, fastidiously dressed man emerged from Black Philadelphia around the turn of the century to mentor a generation of young artists including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jacob Lawren…	OL19732332W
Aphrodite's daughters	Maureen Honey,Maureen Honey	"Aphrodite's Daughters brings to dramatic life three lyrical poets of the Harlem Renaissance whose work was among the earliest to display erotic passion as a source of empowerment for women. Angelina…	OL20037612W
Nat Turner	John Davenport,Terry Bisson	A biography of the slave and preacher who, believing that God wanted him to free the slaves, led a major revolt in 1831.	OL2089651W
A Beautiful Pageant	David Krasner	"The Harlem Renaissance was the time when Harlem came alive with theatre, drama, sports, dance and politics. David Krasner paints a vibrant portrait of the exciting years 1910 to 1927 and the divers…	OL2647373W
The Harlem Renaissance	Veronica Chambers	Recounts the vibrant personalities and remarkable cultural movements that flourished in America's leading Black community during the 1920s and 1930s.	OL2677051W
My Soul's High Song	Countee Cullen	From the publisher --- For the first time in more than two decades, the very best of Countee Cullen's poetry and prose is available in one collection. "My Soul's High Song is a generous introduct…	OL2836093W
Duke Ellington	Ron Frankl	Chronicles the life of internationally-acclaimed jazz musician Duke Ellington, from the Harlem Renaissance through his later years.	OL2921711W
Infants of the spring	Wallace Thurman	Minor classic of the Harlem Renaissance centers on the larger-than-life inhabitants of an uptown apartment building. The rollicking satire's characters include stand-ins for Langston Hughes, Zora Nea…	OL2969068W
On the Shoulders of Giants	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,Raymond Obstfeld	From 1920 to 1940, the Harlem Renaissance produced a bright beacon of light that paved the way for African-Americans all over the country. The unapologetic writings, the fervent fiction and poetry, t…	OL3280897W
Shaky Bones	Pamela Dell	In 1926, a twelve-year-old aspiring poet nicknamed Shaky Bones enters the first annual Harlem All-School Young Poets Competition.	OL3458170W
Claude McKay	Wayne F. Cooper	Although he is recognized today as one of the genuine pioneers of black literature in this century -- the author of "If We Must Die," Home to Harlem, Banana Bottom, and A Long Way from Home, among ot…	OL4802942W
Mystery of the Dark Tower	Evelyn Coleman	In 1928, when her father tears her and her brother from their mother in North Carolina and takes them to live with aunts in Harlem, twelve-year-old Bessie is trapped in a strange place, especially af…	OL503353W
Gay rebel of the Harlem renaissance	Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,Richard Bruce Nugent,Thomas H. Wirth	Richard Bruce Nugent (1906–1987) was a writer, painter, illustrator, and popular bohemian personality who lived at the center of the Harlem Renaissance. Protégé of Alain Locke, roommate of Wallace Th…	OL6209413W