“She’s Got Harlem on Her Mind,” three of Spence’s one-acts, packaged together at the Metropolitan Playhouse, are filled with gender and class politics. By Maya Phillips W.E.B. Du Bois and the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — American Girl has released a new historical character named Claudie Wells to its line of dolls and books. Claudie grew up in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood in 1922, which would ...

The Harlem Renaissance was more than an artistic movement — it was a cultural rebirth that reshaped African American identity and influenced generations. From jazz-filled nights to groundbreaking ...

This year, the U.S. Book Show moves to Harlem on the heels of the centennial anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. Much has happened in the neighborhood since the seminal works of Langston Hughes, ...

Sparked by an influx of Black Southerners seeking better lives in the north, this early 20th century explosion of Black cultural expression left its mark on generations of civil rights activists, ...