Discusses the characteristics of the Harlem Renaissance art movement which flourished in Harlem, New York, in the 1920s and presents biographies of eleven artis

Published to accompany exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery, London, 19/6 - 17/8 1997.

One hundred-fifty works by African-American artists in Harlem during the 1920s from the exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem.

The only book about the premier visual artist of the Harlem Renaissance

Women artists of the Harlem Renaissance dealt with issues that were unique to both their gender and their race. They experienced racial prejudice, which limited