Twinsburg Library to Feature 'Harlem Renaissance' Exhibit

The will be featuring the traveling exhibit ‘Harlem Renaissance’ by Teacher’s Discovery starting today.

The Harlem Renaissance was an African American cultural movement in the 1920’s and early 1930’s that was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.

This was a landmark time for contributions by African Americans in literature, art, music, and theatre.

The result was a new sense of racial pride as well as a change in the way the world viewed African Americans.

The exhibit features words from James Weldon Johnson, Lift Every Voice and Sing, Langston Hughes, I, too Sing America, W.E.B. Dubois, and Zora Neale Hurston. The exhibit will run from Jan. 17 until Jan. 27.