Harlem Renaissance

American actress (1885-1974)

thumb|The cover of the first and only issue Fire!! A Quarterly Devoted to the Younger Negro Artists was an African American literary magazine published in New York City in 1926 during the Harlem Renaissance. The publication was started by Wallace Thurman, Zora Neale Hurston, Aaron Douglas, John P. Davis, Richard Bruce Nugent, Gwendolyn Bennett, Lewis Grandison Alexander, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes. The magazine's title referred to burning up old ideas, and Fire!! challenged the norms of the older Black generation while featuring younger authors. The publishers promoted a realistic st

US activist, dancer, philanthropist (1902-1989)

American social activist and college professor (1901–1999)

American poet (1888–1958)

American jazz singer

American arts administrator, stage director and performer (1903-1994)