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OverviewPresents twenty-one essays that discuss the lives and accomplishments of important literary, musical, artistic, and political figures of the Harlem Renaissance, including Langston Hughes, Bessie Smith, Josephine Baker, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Marcus Garvey. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cary D. WintzPublisher: Sourcebooks, Inc Imprint: Sourcebooks, Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.862kg ISBN: 9781402204364ISBN 10: 1402204361 Pages: 502 Publication Date: 20 December 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Mixed media product Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsThis admirable project is indeed a living history. Wintz (Texas Southern Univ.) and his collaborators combed the collections of the Smithsonian Institute and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and found rare sound recordings and photographs of important figures of the Harlem Renaissance, among them Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, Zora Neale Hurston, and Bessie Smith. Examining the politics, literature, music, and visual and performing arts of the new Negro, the book contains chapters on individual figures of the period. As they move through the text, readers are guided to specific tracks on the CD, where they may hear the artist's own voice. So, for example, the chapter on Marcus Garvey features a 21-page illustrated overview of Garvey's life and career, and the CD includes excerpts from two 1921 speeches supporting the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Readers new to the Harlem Renaissance will find the insightful written texts informative and accessible. More knowledgeable scholars will find little new in the biographies but will be mesmerized by Countee Cullen reading from his poem Heritage and Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five singing I'm Not Rough in 1927. Summing Up: Essential. All readers; all levels. Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |