Category: Harlem Renaissance

Categories: African-American Family History

This category contains individual profiles of persons associated with the Harlem Renaissance.

For more information, see:

• the free-space profile.
• Wikipedia: Harlem Renaissance

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Harlem Renaissance

A

Lewis Alexander 04 Jul 1898 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 25 Nov 1945

Charles Alston 28 Nov 1907 Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States - 27 Apr 1977

B

Alice Barker 30 Jul 1912 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 06 Apr 2016

Romare Bearden abt 02 Sep 1911 Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States - 12 Mar 1988

Gwendolyn (Bennett) Crosscup 08 Jul 1902 Giddings, Lee, Texas, United States - 30 May 1981

Gladys Bentley 12 Aug 1907 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 18 Jan 1960

Arnaud Bontemps 13 Oct 1902 Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States - 04 Jun 1973

Anise Boyer 15 Apr 1914 Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States - 10 Oct 2008

Nellie (Brown) Caesar 07 Apr 1901 Roseau, Saint George, Dominica, British West Indies - 20 Jun 1970

Sterling Brown 01 May 1901 Howard University Hospital, Washington D.C., United States - 14 Jan 1989

Mary Burrill 30 Aug 1881 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 13 Mar 1946

C

Cabell Calloway 25 Dec 1907 Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States - 18 Nov 1994

D

Dorothy Dandridge 09 Nov 1922 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - 08 Sep 1965

Beauford Delaney 30 Dec 1901 Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States - 26 Mar 1979

Aaron Douglas 26 May 1899 Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States - 02 Feb 1979

Nina Yolande Du Bois 21 Oct 1900 Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA - Mar 1961

William (DuBois) Du Bois 23 Feb 1868 Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA - 27 Aug 1963

E

Edward Ellington 29 Apr 1899 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 24 May 1974

F

Eleanora (Fagan) Holiday 07 Apr 1915 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 17 Jul 1959

Augusta (Fells) Savage 29 Feb 1892 Green Cove Springs, Clay, Florida, United States - 26 Mar 1962

G

Emmanuel Gordon 29 Apr 1893 White Sulphur Springs, Meagher, Montana, United States - 05 May 1971

Lola (Graham) Graham Du Bois 11 Nov 1896 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States - 27 Mar 1977

Angelina Grimke 27 Feb 1880 Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 10 Jun 1958

H

Adelaide Hall 20 Oct 1901 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 07 Nov 1993

Bertram Hicks bef 1900 Trinidad and Tobago, British West Indies - abt 1963

Theodore Robert Hill 07 Dec 1907 Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA - 19 May 1978

Frank Horne 18 Aug 1899 Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - abt 07 Sep 1974

Lena Horne 30 Jun 1917 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States - 09 May 2010

James Hughes 01 Feb 1901 Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, United States - 22 May 1967

Zora Hurston 07 Jan 1891 Notasulga, Macon Co., Alabama, United States - 28 Jan 1960

J

Helen (Johnson) Hubbell 07 Jul 1906 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - 07 Jul 1995

Lois Jones 03 Nov 1905 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - 09 Jun 1998

L

Jacob Lawrence 07 Sep 1917 Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States - 09 Jun 2000

Elba (Lightfoot) Reyes 23 Oct 1906 Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States - 1989

Arthur Locke 13 Sep 1886 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 09 Jun 1954

M

Freda (McDonald) Baker 03 Jun 1906 St. Louis City, Missouri, United States of America - 12 Apr 1975

Festus McKay 15 Sep 1889 Mears, Clarendon, Jamaica - 22 May 1948

Lelia (McWilliams) Walker 06 Jun 1885 Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, United States - 17 Aug 1931

Alice Moore 19 Jul 1875 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 18 Sep 1935

M cont.

Floyd Morman 17 Apr 1906 Beat 1, Amite, Mississippi, United States - abt 02 Aug 1949

Archibald Motley 07 Oct 1891 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 16 Jan 1981

P

Esther (Popel) Shaw 16 Jul 1896 Pennsylvania, United States - 28 Jan 1958

Countee (Porter) Cullen abt 30 May 1903 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - 09 Jan 1946

R

Paul Robeson 09 Apr 1898 Princeton, New Jersey, United States - 23 Jan 1976

Luther Robinson 25 May 1878 Richmond, Virginia, United States - 25 Nov 1949

S

Arturo Schomburg 24 Jan 1874 San Juan, Puerto Rico - 10 Jun 1938

Clarissa (Scott) Delany abt 1901 Alabama, United States - 11 Oct 1927

William Still 11 May 1895 Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, United States - 03 Dec 1978

T

Wallace Thurman 16 Aug 1902 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States - 26 Dec 1934

Nathan Toomer 26 Dec 1894 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 30 Mar 1967

V

James Van Der Zee 29 Jun 1886 Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States - 15 May 1983

W

Nellie (Walker) Imes 13 Apr 1891 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 30 Mar 1964

Meta (Warrick) Fuller 09 Aug 1877 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - abt 18 Mar 1968

Fredericka (Washington) Bell 23 Dec 1903 Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States - 28 Jun 1994

Dorothy West 02 Jun 1907 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - 16 Aug 1998

Laura (Wheeler) Waring 16 May 1887 Hartford, Connecticut, United States - 03 Feb 1948

Leola (Williams) Harmon 01 Jan 1905 Amite, Mississippi, United States - 05 Dec 1994

Frances (Williamson) Everett 13 Apr 1915 Louisburg, Franklin, North Carolina, United States - 27 May 1999

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