Religion in the Work of Langston Hughes
It was 1914 when twelve-year-old Langston Hughes went to a Black Church for the first time. It marked him for
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Harlem
Langston’s Salvation: A New Book on the Religious Thought of Langston Hughes
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Black Women’s Holy Ghost Work: Then and Now
“East Harlem leaves had the red tips of early autumn when Amaryllia (Lillie) Jones ventured down E. 131st Street in
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Hubert Harrison: Black Griot of the Harlem Renaissance
The historical restoration of Hubert Henry Harrison (1883–1927) calls for a rethinking of the Black radical tradition in the early
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The Signifyin(g) Saint: Encoding Homoerotic Intimacy in Black Harlem
On June 25, 1942, Edward Atkinson arrived at 101 Central Park West to sit for a photo shoot in the
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