The Book Prize Index

Harlem Renaissance

Nathan Huggins

A convincing historical assessment of the period, roughly the 1920's, when a considerable flowering of literary and other arts occurred among black Americans. It does not shy away from encompassing and attempting to explain the often contradictory aspects of the Black psyche and behavior.

Race & EthnicityRace & Ethnicity · medium confidenceRace & Ethnicity81 signalsLlm Classifier: Race & Ethnicity -> Race & EthnicityOpen Library: African American arts -> Race & EthnicityOpen Library: African American arts -> Arts & CriticismAfrica & the African DiasporaBlack History & CultureLiterature & Writers

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor1972FinalistSecondary source
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