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Harlem Renaissance Women

Women who had active roles in the Harlem Renaissance, the literary and artistic movement in the early 20th century in America among African Americans.

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 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 Dunbar-Nelson.

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.

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.

Georgia Douglas Johnson: Newly Recovered Lynching Dramas

Article from African American Review, 1999, by Judith Stephens, on her discovery of two play scripts and on the role of lynching plays in social change.

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.

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