Florence Mills, born Florence Winfrey (January 25, 1896 – November 1, 1927), known as the “Queen of Happiness”, was an African-American cabaret singer, dancer, and comedian known for her effervescent stage presence, delicate voice, and winsome, wide-eyed beauty. Continue reading
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Join Community Works at our new venue the historical Countee Cullen Library home of the James Weldon Johnson‘s reference collection for children and the African-American/Black Culture reference collection! Continue reading
John E. (Jack) Nail, a successful Harlem realtor, was born in New London, Connecticut in 1883. Continue reading
Time Warner Cable and local dignitaries opened a Time Warner Cable Learning Lab yesterday at the James Weldon Johnson Community Center, 1839 Lexington Avenue, Between East 112th and 115th Streets in Harlem. Continue reading
Join HW Radio Podcast host Danny Tisdale in another segment of our Black History Month special as he speaks to Dr. Gordon Thompson about his book The Assimilationist Impulse in Four African American Narratives: Frederick Douglass, James Weldon Johnson, Richard Wright and LeRoi Jones and panel discussion at St. Philips Church on February 26th.
In addition, Danny speaks to member HW Photographer and NCA member, Rudy Collins and Ed Sherman, photographer and president of the National Conference of Artists New York (NCA) about the new photographic traveling show opening their traveling show starting at the Schomburg starting on February 22nd.
A general interest in James Baldwin’s critique of Richard Wright’s “Native Son” inspired Gordon E. Thompson’s text “The Assimilationist Impulse in Four African American Narratives,” (Edwin Mellen Press, 2011). In Thompson’s understanding, “Baldwin felt that Wright was channeling, one might say, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’” During the interview, Thompson, a Ph.D. recipient in American Studies from Yale University and currently an Associate Professor of English and Director of the Black Studies Program at the City College of New York, does not expound on the link between Stowe and Wright. Continue reading
By Walter Rutledge
Camille A. Brown and Dancers presented the company’s first full evening concert series at the Joyce Theater, January 27 through 29th. Continue reading
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Tagged Been There Done That, Betty Carter, Camille A Brown and Dancers, Carmen deLavallade, Christopher Huggins, City of Rain, Ella Fitzgerald, Geoffrey Holder, J. Michael Kinsey, James Weldon Johnson, Joyce Theater, Matthew Rushing, Mr. Tol E. RAnce: Part 1, Nancy Wilson, The Evolution Of A Secured Feminine, The Groove To Nobody’s Business, Walter Rutledge, Walter's World:
On a September afternoon in 1853, three African American men from St. Philip’s Church walked into the Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and took their seats among five hundred wealthy and powerful white church leaders. Ultimately, and with great reluctance, the Convention had acceded to the men’s request: official recognition for St. Philip’s, the first African American Episcopal church in New York City. Continue reading
Enjoy a reading and discussion of Love Letters from the Harlem Renaissance. These letters, presented by The Aaron and Alta Sawyer Douglas Foundation, feature the correspondence between pre-eminent artist, prolific painter and major Harlem Renaissance figure, Aaron Douglas and his wife Alta.
The presentation will include a brief history of the Foundation, Douglas’ artistic creations, his personal and professional relationships during the Harlem Renaissance, and a reading selection of letters to illustrate the importance of them to African American history and scholarly research. Continue reading
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