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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
Dave at night	Carson Levine,Gail Carson Levine	When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance.	OL14370W
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
Glorious	Bernice L. McFadden	Set against the backdrops of the Jim Crow South, the Harlem Renaissance, and the civil rights era. Blending the truth of American history with the fruits of imagination, this is the story of Easter V…	OL17186033W
Keisha discovers Harlem	Zoë Lewis	While trying to find a topic for her school assignment, Keisha visits Ellie's attic and discovers the excitement of the music and writing that flourished among African Americans in Harlem during the …	OL1914499W
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
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
The Harlem Renaissance	Cheryl A. Wall	"The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. It was the cultural phase of the "New Negro" movement, a social and political phenomenon that prom…	OL20040722W
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
Harlem	Len Riley	**Intruiging portrayal of a young light-skinned Black woman, who is determined to rise above her humble beginnings, and become a member of Harlem's Black Bourgeoisie. "Harlem" is a colorful and intri…	OL2621215W
The Harlem Renaissance	Cheryl Willis Hudson	Presents biographies of six African Americans prominent in the arts and business worlds during the period known as the Harlem Renaissance--Bessie Smith, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, A'lelia…	OL2770558W
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
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
Free within ourselves	Geoffrey Jacques	Discusses the rise of the Harlem Renaissance in the early twentieth century and the artists responsible for the art, music, theater, prose, and poetry created in that era.	OL3277699W
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
Extraordinary people of the Harlem Renaissance	P. Stephen Hardy	Looks at the many artists, photographers, choreographers, musicians, composers, poets, writers, and other creative people who made Harlem such an amazing place in the 1920s and 1930s.	OL480828W
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, Second Edition	Aberjhani,Sandra L. West,Clement Alexander Price	In this, the world’s first Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, readers do something more than witness the triumphs and tragedies of poets such as Langston Hughes and Jean Toomer, novelists like…	OL5968389W
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