Harlem Speaks: A Living History of the Harlem Renaissance - Hardcover

Cary D. Wintz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402204361 ISBN 13: 9781402204364

Publisher: Sourcebooks Mediafusion, 2006

Synopsis

Harlem Speaks showcases the lives and works of the artists, writers and intellectuals behind the stunning outburst of African American culture in the three decades after World War I. In the tradition of the New York Times bestseller Poetry Speaks, the book combines each subject's key works with biographical and critical essays by leading Harlem Renaissance authority Cary Wintz and other experts. The integrated audio CDs feature music, poetry and literary readings, interviews, radio broadcasts, discussions and speeches, bringing the Harlem of legend to vibrant life once again.

Hear, see and read the best of:

Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Richard Wright
Duke Ellington
Ethel Waters
Josephine Baker
Marcus Garvey
Alain Locke
and more

The audio also includes never-before-released interviews conducted by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Levering Lewis. Evocative and encompassing, Harlem Speaks places you at the zenith of this vital cultural movement.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

ìWe will build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we will stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.î
ó Langston Hughes

The early decades of the twentieth century saw the transformation of Harlem into a Mecca where African Americans immersed themselves in black culture, and where their ideas and works gained acclaim among people of all colors. This was the era of W.E.B. Du Bois and the Jazz Age, when blacks challenged the status quo, Harlem was in its heyday, and downtown thrill-seekers crowded its bars, cabarets, and jazz joints.

Evocative and encompassing, Harlem Speaks places you at the zenith of the Harlem Renaissance, with chapters discussing the music, art, performance, writing, and politics of the ìNew Negro.î Read their rich life stories in essays by leading Harlem Renaissance authority Cary Wintz and other experts. Hear their music, literature, interviews, and speeches on the integrated audio CD that brings the Harlem of legend to vibrant life once again.

About the Author:

Dr. Cary De Cordova Wintz is a Professor of History at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas and former Chair of the Department of History, Geography and Economics there. He has been working and writing on the Harlem Renaissance for more than 40 years and is the author of the well-reviewed Black Culture and the Harlem Renaissance. He lives in Houston, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sourcebooks Mediafusion
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1402204361
• ISBN 13: 9781402204364
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 502