Harlem Renaissance Women
- Madam C. J. Walker (Sara...
- Harlem Ren: Bibliographies (4)
- Harlem Renaissance: Context (13)
- Zora Neale Hurston
- Josephine Baker
Women of the Harlem Renaissance: Dreaming in Color
The women of the Harlem Renaissance -- black women writers, artists, poets, journalists, and others in the early 20th century.
Women of the Harlem Renaissance
A list of biographies on this site for women connected with the Harlem Renaissance. Josephine Baker, Marita Bonner, Zora Neale Hurston, and more.
Regina Anderson
A profile of Regina Anderson, playwright and librarian who was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Regina Anderson's home was a meeting place for Harlem Renaissance figures.
Marita Bonner
Profile of Marita Bonner, Harlem Renaissance woman writer.
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Profile of Alice Dunbar-Nelson, writer of short stories, activist, and Harlem Renaissance figure.
Alice Dunbar-Nelson Quotes
Quotes by Alice Dunbar-Nelson, poet and writer who was briefly married to the poet Paul Dunbar.
Alice Dunbar-Nelson Books
Alice Dunbar-Nelson -- who also wrote as Alice Ruth Moore, Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, and Alice Dunbar Nelson -- was an African American woman writer at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. Her life and writing provide insight into the culture in which she lived. Here are some recommended books by or about Alice...
Jessie Redmon Fauset
A profile of Jessie Fauset, Harlem Renaissance figure, poet, novelist, and teacher.
Ariel Williams Holloway
Ariel Williams Holloway was a figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
Georgia Douglas Johnson
A profile of Georgia Douglas Johnson, African American woman writer and Harlem Renaissance figure.
Nella Larsen
From your Women's History Guide, a brief biography of Larsen plus links to more information.
Augusta Savage
A profile of Augusta Savage, African American sculptor and teacher.
A'Lelia Walker
Biography of A'Lelia Walker, daughter of Madam C. J. Walker, and figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
African American Odyssey
This page includes material on Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Marian Anderson and other Harlem Renaissance topics.
Antilynching Dramas
Two plays are included here, as PDF files, by Georgia Douglas Johnson: Sunday Morning in the South (about 1925) and Blue-Eyed Black Boy (about 1930).
Marita Bonner: "Purple Flower" and the ambiguities of race
Allison Berg's analysis of the 1920's prize-winning play, featuring Sundry White Devils and Us's. Includes the experience of students acting in the play with racial identities other than their own: not "color conscious" casting but "color consciousness-raising" casting, as it turned out.
Florence Mills: The Little Blackbird
The first black headliner at the Palace Theater, this jazz singer and early movie star is nearly forgotten today. This web site aims to remedy that.
‘Rachel’ The Play of the Month: The Reason and Synopsis by the Author
Angelina W. Grimke, in 1920, explains her play, "Rachel," and its purpose in awakening especially white women to the possibility of change in their race prejudice.
Rachel, a play in three acts (1920)
Complete text of the anti-lynching play by Angelina Weld Grimke (1880 - 1958) is included here.