Harlem stomp! a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance

A whirlwind tour of the Harlem Renaissance era of the early 20th century.

Main Author:	Hill, Laban Carrick.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Little, Brown, c2003.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction. Harlem Renaissance > Young adult nonfiction. African American arts > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction. African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Intellectual life > Juvenile nonfiction. African American arts > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century > Juvenile literature. New York (N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century > Juvenile literature.

Table of Contents:

Song of smoke; the smoldering Black consciousness, 1900-1910
Moving out, fighting back; the great migration, organizing for freedom, and World War I, 1911-1920
Black metropolis; the rise of Harlem, 1900-1920
Dam breaking; Jean Toomer, Claude McKay, and opportunity in the arts, 1921-1924
Fire!!; an explosion of creativity
Dark tower; a social breakthrough
Stompin' at the Savoy; music and dance of the Renaissance
Heritage unbound; Blacks and the American theater
Against all odds; visual artists and their struggle for recognition
Rage in the streets; the waning of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Harlem riots.