Cameron Kirkland, John Rose, Aurielle Brooks, Kyle Bailey, Shelley Andrews By Jasmine Browley ·Updated July 15, 2022
At the birth of the Harlem Renaissance, New York City was teeming with Black creative energy. Artists like Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and Ethel Waters were regularly lighting up the ears and eyes of music hall-goers. Most of them were limited to only performing live since Black musicians had virtually no way
