The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro ... from the South to start new lives in northern cities, including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Detroit. Sharecropping, the primary ...

The event occurs in Plymouth’s reception room at 75 Hicks Street at 1:30 PM, followed by a reception. It is free, with a good ...

Outside the Washington Heights branch of the New York Public Library in Manhattan ... at NYPL’s 135th Street branch during the Harlem Renaissance and created a place for community gathering ...

at the peak of the Harlem Renaissance, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture was formed. The Harlem-based organization, a part of the New York Public Library, has grown into a ...

Outside the Washington Heights branch of the New York Public Library in Manhattan stands a metal post topped with an unassuming blue plaque bearing golden letters — ...