Selected Web Sites
- A Guide to Harlem Renaissance MaterialsThis guide presents the Library of Congress resources as well as links to external websites on the Harlem Renaissance and those who made an impact on this era.
- A Brief Guide to the Harlem RenaissanceThe Academy of American Poets website offers a variety of biographies and essays on the poets and poetry of the Harlem Renaissance.
- The Black Renaissance in Washington D.C., 1920-1930'sThe "Black Renaissance in Washington, DC" is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. It is supported by the Art Division of the D.C. Public Library. Within this site there are biographies of notables of the Harlem Renaissance, book lists, timeline and related links. One key claim that is made on the site is: "Many citations in the literature refer to the Harlem Renaissance as a misnomer that inadequately describes a movement that occurred in cities across the country."
- Harlem 1900-1940Online exhibition "retraces the vibrant years of one of the most famous neighborhoods in the world." Published by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of CongressIncludes a selection of ten plays written by Hurston (1891-1960), author, anthropologist, and folklorist. The plays reflect Hurston's life experience, travels, and research, especially her study of folklore in the African-American South.