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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra: Harlem Renaissance

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 2026

New York's Harlem Renaissance, which spanned the 1920s and '30s, was an intellectual and cultural movement of music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship that reshaped African-American culture and mores in Harlem and beyond and led to a new militancy and dedication to the cause of civil rights and equality for people of color in the U.S. On Harlem Renaissance, the celebrated jny: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra honors the movement by delving into its music and depicting ...