“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 ...
The Harlem Renaissance occurred before the Great Depression, WW2, and numerous inventions; however, it’s still celebrated and recognized today. In the 1920s, Harlem was the epicenter of Black culture ...
The Roaring Twenties wasn’t just about flappers and speakeasies—it was a cultural and consumer revolution. Jazz spread from New Orleans and Harlem into homes through radios, while mass production, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Life in the 1920s was defined by many cultural, political, and economic developments. Jazz music and flapper fashion defined the ...
Chuck Brown and David F. Walker explain the origins of the new Image Comics series. By Graeme McMillan The tragedy and family drama at the heart of Image Comics’ new series Bitter Root may be the most ...
If you’re a fan of historical fiction, which half of that is most important to you: the history? Or the fiction? It’s entertaining to encounter actual people and events in a novel, where what we ...
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 ...