The Harlem Renaissance

Naturally we have read the classics of the Harlem Renaissance. Here we revisited author’s and some works we read previously.

  • THE INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
  • CANE by Jean Toomer
  • THE STREET by Ann Petry
  • SIMPLE by Langston Hughes
  • PLUM BUN by Jessie Faussett
  • AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN by James Weldon Johnson

ADDITIONAL READING FOR THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

  • BLACK MANHATTAN by James Weldon Johnson
  • THE BIG SEA by Langston Hughes
  • THE BLACKER THE BERRY by Wallace Thurman
  • NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER by Langston Hughes
  • THE WAYS OF WHITE FOLK by Langston Hughes
  • QUICKSAND by Nella Larson
  • PASSING by Nella Larson
  • PHILADELPHIA NEGRO by W.E.B. DuBois, et al
  • NIGGER HEAVEN by  Carl Van Vechten
  • THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE REMEMBERED by Arna Bontemps