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It's Lit!•Season 2•Episode 14

Literary Icons You NEED to Know From the Harlem Renaissance

Feb 26, 20216 min

One of the most influential periods in Black American History post-slavery is the Harlem Renaissance, an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. Novels like Passing by Nella Larsen, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and the

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Lindsay Ellis

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Episode Summary

"Literary Icons You NEED to Know From the Harlem Renaissance" is episode 14 of It's Lit! season 2. It aired on February 26, 2021.

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