HARLEM RENAISSANCE

 

Subscription Resources:

Contact your Media Specialist if you need a password to access these resources from home.

 

World Book Online   **Online Encyclopedia**

 

eLibrary  **Online Subscription**

(Select the format of your source from books, magazines, pictures, audio, etc.)

 

Gale Group Databases  **Online Subscription**

(Go to "Discovering Collection" and "People Search" to locate books, articles, etc.)

 

Harlem Renaissance Resources:

 

Black History Biographies from Gale   **Internet Resource**

 

BlackPast.org: Online Encyclopedia  **Online Encyclopedia**

(an Online Reference Guide to African American History from the University of Washington, Seattle)

 

The Black Renaissance in Washington  **Internet Resource**

(from the District of Columbia Public Library)


Drop Me off in Harlem  **Internet Resource**

(from The John F. Kennedy Arts Center for the Performing)

 

Harlem, 1900-1940: Exhibition  **Internet Resource**  

(from The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture)

 

African American Registry: Biographies   **Internet Resource**

Voices from the Gaps: Biographies **Internet Resource**

Modern American Poetry **Internet Resource**

 

Academy of American Poets: Harlem Renaissance   **Internet Resource**

 

Artists at the Smithsonian American Art Museum   **Internet Resource**

 

PBS Jazz Biographies  **Internet Resource**

 

Biography.com  **Internet Resource**  

 

More Great Sites on Harlem Renaissance People:

Henry O. Tanner from the Smithsonian   **Internet Resource**


Carl Van Vechten from the American Memory Collection  **Internet Resource**


Evelyn Preer, Silent Era Actress   **Internet Resource**


Bill Robinson, Dancer  **Internet Resource**


James Van Der Zee   **Internet Resource**

 

 

Hennepin County Library

If you have a Hennepin County Library Card, try searching for resources at their website: http://www.hclib.org/

Suggested databases at the Hennepin County Library include:

The Biography Resurce Center

Grove Art Online

Grove Music Online

 

 

If you still don't find what you need, talk to your teacher.