The Metropolitan Museum of Art is showcasing visual artists from the Harlem Renaissance in the exhibition ... in tattered clothing, in positions of servitude or manual labor as the natural ...

The Harlem Renaissance was a golden age of Black culture. An iconic period of our history, the time between 1920 and 1937 gave birth to Black literature, art, fashion and music that left a lasting ...

“Fashion, the act of adornment, in this moment in American history were central to creating a new script for Black folks,” says Jessica Lynne, a writer and art critic and host of The Met’s ...

But Harlem 100 years ago was ground zero of an explosion of arts, politics and culture in black America. The Harlem Renaissance — known then as the "New Negro Movement" — saw the rise of jazz ...

Miller and rooted in her 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion ... in 17th-century London, the art of Black dandyism really hit a stride during the Harlem Renaissance. The New York City neighborhood ...

Selma Burke was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance movement. The 20th-century sculptor and one-time New Hope resident's ...