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The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader

by · 1994

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From its beginnings in 1919, with soldiers returning from the Great War, to its sputtering end in 1934, with the Great Depression, the New Negro Movement in arts and letters proclaimed the experience of African American men and women. This magnificent volume features a wealth of fiction and nonfiction works by 45 writers from that exuberant era.

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African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisclassclassMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisNew YorkNew YorkMore like thisLess of thisNew York StateNew York StateMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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epic · 770 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of thisshort storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of thisessaysessaysMore like thisLess of this

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