A Renaissance in Harlem: Lost Voices of an American Community

This books compiles oral histories, recollections and stories about the Harlem Renaissance, all told in interviews and first person narratives. A dynamic anthology of Harlem in the 1920s brings together unpublished material by Ralph Ellison and Dorothy West as well as the stirring voices of ordinary people, including peddlers, prostitutes, Pullman porters, and domestic workers.