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Georgette Seabrooke, also known as Georgette Seabrooke Powell, (1916-2011) was an American muralist, artist, illustrator, art therapist, and community educator. She is best known for her mural Recreat...

27 Feb 20258min

Anne Spencer (1882-1975) was a poet, educator, and activist. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, she advanced local efforts for literacy, access, and civil rights. Her home also became a hub for Black wri...

26 Feb 20256min

Effie Lee Newsome (1885–1979) was a Harlem Renaissance poet and activist. She is most famous for her volume of children's poetry, Gladiola Garden: Poems of Outdoors and Indoors for Second Grade Reader...

25 Feb 20258min

Edna Lewis Thomas (1885-1974) was a stage actress during and after the height of the Harlem Renaissance. For Further Reading: Edna Thomas, Lloyd Thomas & Olivia Wyndham Residence Edna Thomas collecti...

24 Feb 20255min

Jennie Louise Touissant Welcome (1885-1956) was one of the first Black female silent film creators in the 1910s and 20s, most well known for her documentary, Doing Their Bit. She was also a renowned p...

21 Feb 20256min

Helene Johnson (1906-1995) was an African-American poet during the Harlem Renaissance. She is remembered today for her poetry that captures both the challenges and the excitement of this era during he...

20 Feb 20254min

Norma Miller (1919-2019) was a professional dancer dubbed “The Queen of Swing” for her mastery of the popular Jazz Age dance the Lindy Hop. For Further Reading: Norma Miller, Lindy-Hopping ‘Queen of...

19 Feb 20256min

Edythe Mae Gordon (c. 1890-1980) was an African American writer of poetry and short stories during the Harlem Renaissance. Her work was primarily published in the Saturday Evening Quill, a Boston base...

18 Feb 20255min