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Art Bites: Augusta Savage's Lost Masterpiece

Augusta Savage created the most buzzed-about work at the 1939 World's Fair in New York. It was destroyed after the event. ....

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Selma Burke likely inspired the portrait on the U.S. dime – The Arbiter

Selma Burke’s work was likely the inspiration for Franklin D. Roosevelt on the back of the U.S. dime, but does not get credit for her work. ....

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The Enduring Love Stories of the Harlem Renaissance

These couples found artistic inspiration and love amid the Harlem Renaissance and remained committed to serving their communities, too. ....

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Bessye Bearden: Renaissance Mom

She was mother to one of the stars of African-American art, but she also nurtured an entire generation of artists and civil rights advocates. Now her legacy is finally coming into focus. ....

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Book sheds new light on Mollie Moon, socialite and economic strategist for the Civil Rights Movement

Mollie Moon probably wasn’t a name you learned about when you studied the Harlem Renaissance in high school English class, but she was the dynamic force behind much of the money that funded the Civil Rights Movement for decades. Moon was a Black woman who became the grand dame of New York society in the 1940s and ’50s. She raised millions to support civil rights through galas, ....

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