Carl Van Vechten: 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes

This elegantly designed and beautifully produced volume presents portraits of 50 extraordinary individuals who contributed to making the Harlem Renaissance one of the great cultural movements in American history. Some of the subjects are familiar—icons of music, dance, theater, literature, art, academia and sports—while others are considerably less well known, but equally important to the spirit at the heart of the movement.The photographs show the sitters not only as public personalities b...