The Harlem Renaissance had already ignited a cultural awakening in America, fostering a new wave of African American literature, music, and art. Artists such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston ...
Davis, although not of vast wealth (he was a postman, she a TV producer), built a world-class art collection, focusing on Africa-American artists. Selections from that collection are currently on view ...
The Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum, now the African American Museum in Philadelphia, was founded in 1976. The museum preserves, interprets, and exhibits the heritage of African Americans ...