In the early twentieth century, Black creatives were America’s artistic vanguard - in the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance.

In the early twentieth century, Black creatives were America’s artistic vanguard. In the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance, African Americans created new platforms to promote their work and learned to navigate white gatekeepers who controlled America’s publishing and cultural industries. At the forefront of this movement, women were among its most radical thinkers: playwrights, poets, novelists and artists, such as Gwendolyn Bennett and Nella Larsen, explored new ways of thinking about motherhood, sexuality, bodily autonomy and racial violence.

A lecture by Professor Kate Dossett, an award-winning historian of the twentieth century United States with broad interests in cultural and political history and specializations in African American History, Gender histories and histories of the African Diaspora.

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