Faces of the Harlem Renaissance
Artists
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Aaron Douglas
Painter, illustrator
1899-1979
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Selma Burke
Sculptor
1900-1995
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Palmer Hayden
Painter
1890-1973
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Oscar Micheaux
Filmmaker, producer
1854-1951
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Augusta Savage
Sculptor
1892-1962
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James VanDerZee
Photographer
1886-1983
Musicians
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Eubie Blake
Lyricist, composer, pianist
1883-1983
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Cab Calloway
Vocalist, bandleader
1907-1994
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Duke Ellington
Composer, musician, bandleader
1899-1974
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Fletcher Henderson
Bandleader, arranger, pianist
1897-1952
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James Johnson
Pianist, composer
1894-1955
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Bessie Smith
Singer
1894-1937
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William Still
Composer, arranger, conductor
1895-1978
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Fats Waller
Pianist, vocalist, composer
1904-1943
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Chick Webb
Drummer, bandleader
1909-1939
Actors
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Charles Gilpin
Actor, singer
1878-1930
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Adelaide Hall
Actress, singer, dancer
1901-1993
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Evelyn Preer
Actress
1896-1932
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Paul Robeson
Actor, singer, activist
1898-1976
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Ethel Waters
Actress, singer
1896-1977
Dancers
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Florence Mills
Dancer, singer, actress
1895-1927
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Bill Robinson
Dancer
1878-1949
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George Snowden
Dancer
1904-1982
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Earl Tucker
Dancer
1905-1937
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Herbert White
Dancer
Writers
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Countee Cullen
Poet, editor
1903-1946
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Langston Hughes
Poet, novelist, playwright, essayist
1902-1967
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Zora Hurston
Novelist, playwright, folklorist, anthropologist
1891-1960
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James Johnson
Poet, novelist, playwright, civil rights leader
1871-1938
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Claude McKay
Poet, novelist
1889-1948
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Wallace Thurman
Dramatist, journalist, novelist
1902-1934
Supporters & Activists
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W.E.B. Dubois
Scholar, novelist, essayist, editor
1868-1963
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Marcus Garvey
Activist
1887-1940
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The Harmon Foundation
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Charles Johnson
Scholar, editor
1893-1956
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Alain Locke
Critic, philosopher, educator
1885-1954
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Charlotte Mason
Philanthropist
1855-1945
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Carl Van Vechten
Patron, photographer, novelist, journalist
1880-1964
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A'lelia Walker
Heiress, hostess, patron
1885-1931
