A PBS forum addresses the questions: "What was it about the 1920s and 30s that opened up the pathways toward African-American cultural expression? Are we still experiencing the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance today?"

Extensive multimedia website featuring audio, video, and image clips of Harlem Renaissance authors, performers, and personalities. Includes an interactive map of Harlem landmarks and theaters

A map and database of the lives of Harlem residents from 1815-1930

The American Poetry Society looks at the Harlem Renaissance, its context, and its creative forces.

Information on Washington D.C's own Black Renaissance of the 1920s and 30s

Resources about African American culture, politics and history from the Civil War through World War II - , "including manuscripts, photographs, plays, and sound recordings."

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture holds 80 years of documentation of Black American culture, including a great collection from the Harlem Renaissance. This link leads to photograph collections of a digital exhibit called the Africana Age. Note the WWI photos, as well.

Covers 1789-1922. Also contains a directory of publication information 1690-present. TIP: Limit by State as needed.

Carl Van Vechten was a prolific photographer of artists of the Harlem Renaissance era. This collection dates from 1932, but features artists active in the 1920s.

A digital archive of several of Hurston's plays.