1. Huggins, Nathan Irvin.  Voices From the Harlem Renaissance.  New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1995.

This collection of essays and literary excerpts highlights the major artists of the Harlem Renaissance.  Arranged in three sections, the text begins with a collection of essays explaining the "New Negro Radicalism" as espoused by W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Asa P. Randolph and W. A. Domingo.  Section two is filled with excerpts from Harlem Renaissance personalities including Arthur A. Schomburg, James Weldon Johnson, Jean Toomer, Alain Locke, Sterling Brown, Helene Johnson, Nancy Cunard, Waring Cuney, George S. Schuyler and others.  Section three "Reflections on the Renaissance and Art for a New Day," includes excerpts from Dorothy West, Richard Wright, Claude McKay, Carl Van Vechten, and Langston Hughes.

PS509 .N4 V6 1994

0195093607

2. Hurston, Zora Neale.  Their Eyes Were Watching God.  Philadelphia, PA: Lippencott, 1937.

This work is a most praised and recognized work by a talented writer and anthropologist of the Harlem Renaissance period.  Hurston's writings capture the folkways of the first generation of Blacks to leave southern farm life for life in the growing urban centers of the north.

PS3515 .U789 T4 1937
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3. Lewis, David Levering.  The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader.  New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1995.

Originally published in 1994, this collection of well-known writers from the period, include: W. E. B. Du Bois, Carter G. Woodson, W. A. Domingo, Marcus Garvey, Mary White Ovington, James Weldon Johnson, Alain Locke, Joel A. Rogers, Paul Robeson, Arthur A. Schomburg, Elise Johnson McDougald, Langston Hughes, George S. Schuyler, J.W. Johnson, Rudolph Fisher, Aaron Douglas, Albert C. Barnes, Romare Bearden, Zora Neal Hurston, Claude McKay, E. Franklin Frazier, Louise Thompson Patterson, Richard Wright, Charles S. Johnson, Gwendolyn Bennet, Arna Bontemps, Sterling Brown, Mae Cowdery, Joseph S. Cotter, Countee Cullen,  Jessie Redmon Fauset and others.

PS153 .N5 P67 1995

0140170367

4. Locke, Alain L.  The New Negro.  New York, NY: Atheneum, 1968.

An influential book when first published in 1925 this work is credited with defining the new outlook and attitude of Black artists and scholars at the start of the literary movement known as the Harlem Renaissance.  Characterized by a general rejection of the “minstrel tradition,” authors produced works of strong Black characters and were somewhat influenced by Marcus Garvey's philosophy of Pan-Africanism and self-determination.   "The New Negro articulates the crucial ideas of a generation in rebellion against accepted beliefs and engaged in racial self-discovery and cultural re-assessment."  It includes an original forward by Locke and a new preface by Robert Hayden, as well as a bibliography.

E185.82 .L75 1968

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5. Wall, Cheryl A.  Women of the Harlem Renaissance.  Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1995.

This collection of critical biographies was produced with input from first-hand accounts from those who knew the writers and from analysis of existing data.  It includes excerpts of poetry, prose, and essays.  Artists featured are: Gwendolyn Bennett, Maria Bonner, Mary, Burrill, Mae Cowdery, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Angelina Weld Grimke, Zora Heale Hurston, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Helene Johnson, Nella Larsen, Mary Effie Lee Newsome,  and Dorothy West.  A bibliography and index are included.

PS153 .N53 W33 1995

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