HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Coordinators: Richard Byrd, Stuart Parker, Ilene Winkler

The Harlem Renaissance was a period of great change in America, and the African-American community in particular.

The presentation will show the impact the Harlem Renaissance had on the artistic, social and political terrain. The presentations will highlight such figures as Langston Hughes, Zora Neal Hurston, Claude Mckay, Augusta Savage, Duke Ellington, Lois Mail Jones, Romare Bearden, Alain Locke, Jean Toomer, Jessie Fauset, Josephine Baker, and activists such as Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Dubois, A. Phillip Randolph, Hallie Quinn Brown, and Mary McCloud Bethune.

B WEEK / TUESDAY / 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Other Classes:

TOCQUEVILLE’S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: A CLASSIC FOR OUR TIME
MEXICO: SOUTH OF OUR BORDER
HISTORY OF MEDICINE
CONSTRUCTION: BEYONE BRICKS AND MORTAR
SIXTIES
NYC AND ITS ENVIRONS
EXPLORATIONS IN PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE
FASCINATING NONFICTION

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