Harlem Heroes

What do Carl Van Vechten's photographs from the 1930s tell us about the New Negro Movement as well as the causes and effects of the Harlem Renaissance?

This teacher guide provides contextual information, key images, and discussion questions to accompany the exhibition Harlem Heroes: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten. Topics include some of the debates among Black thinkers, writers, and historians in the definition and articulation of Black identity and history as part of the New Negro Movement.