I too sing America : the Harlem Renaissance at 100

Haygood, Wil (author.). Genshaft, Carole Miller, (author.). Kinigopoulo, Anastasia, (author.). Maciejunes, Nannette V. (Nannette Vicars), (author.). Sawyer, Drew, (author.). Stark, David, 1953- (author.). Columbus Museum of Art. (issuing body,, publisher,, organizer,, host institution.). Rizzoli editore, (publisher.).

Summary: The exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance, a period of cultural blossoming that occurred in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem in the 1920-50s. Curated by Columbus native and highly acclaimed writer Wil Haygood, the exhibition includes work by Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Aaron Douglas, Augusta Savage, and others who interpreted the lives of African Americans during this time. In addition, the exhibition includes unprinted photographs by James Van Der Zee obtained through the artist's estate and a private collection of vernacular photographs of African American life. A selection of books, sheet music, and print ephemera from this period further showcases the innovative and expansive cultural output produced in Harlem during this unforgettable epoch of American history. The exhibition explores the religious, political, and cultural activism of the period, everyday life, and the extraordinary individuals such as poet Langston Hughes and philosopher Alain Locke whose words and scholarship contributed to the development of this period so rich in art, music, and literature.

Record details

ISBN: 9780847863129
ISBN: 0847863123
Physical Description: print
247 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 28 cm
Edition: [First edition].
Publisher: Columbus, Ohio : Columbus Museum of Art ; 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

General Note:	Lining papers illustrated with "A night-club map of Harlem." "Published on the occasion of the exhibition "I too sing America: the Harlem Renaissance at 100" at the Columbus Museum of Art, October 19, 2018 - January 20, 2019"--Colophon.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Becoming Harlem -- Malvin Gray Johnson -- Ralph DeLuca collection of African American vernacular photography -- In feverish motion -- Winold Reiss -- Aaron Douglas -- Richmond Barthé -- Loïs Mailou Jones -- Palmer Hayden -- The fearless scholar -- The crisis -- Fire!! -- The two Reverend Powells -- Archibald Motley -- Sargent Claude Johnson -- Allan Rohan Crite -- The poet who became a star -- The sad-sweet laughter of Vaudeville -- James van der Zee -- All that sweet noise around 125th Street -- An ode to Zora Neale -- Augusta Savage -- Jacob Lawrence -- And there was the photographer -- Why the Harlem Renaissance endures.