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SUMMARY:Reveal the Beauty
LOCATION:African American Research Library and Cultural Center\nAfrican Am
 erican Research Library and Cultural Center
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DESCRIPTION:Featuring Works from the Dorothy Porter Wesley Collection. On 
 display from February - June 2025..\nhttps://broward.libnet.info/event/122
 32121
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Inspired by Howard University philosopher 
 Alain Locke's essay\, "The Legacy of Ancestral Arts\," in his landmark vol
 ume <em>The New Negro</em> (1925)\, <a href="https://www.broward.org/Libra
 ry/Events/Pages/Exhibit.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Websit
 e for the Reveal the Beauty Exhibition"><em>Reveal the Beauty: The Literat
 ure and Art of the Harlem Renaissance</em></a> celebrates the centennial o
 f the Harlem Renaissance and its&nbsp\;role in shaping African American ar
 tistic expression from the 1920s to the 1940s. Often defined as the cultur
 al arts period of the New Negro movement\, these dynamic years redefined B
 lack identity and challenged stereotypes through a probing array of litera
 ture and visual arts. While closely associated with Harlem\, its influence
  reached Black communities across the U.S.\, South Florida\, and worldwide
 .&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/fron
 tend-images/editor/broward/AARLCC/Exhibitions/AF_Alaine_Locke.jpg" alt="Al
 ain Locke from The New Negro: An Interpretation" title="Alain Locke" width
 ="508" height="764" style="display: block\; margin-left: auto\; margin-rig
 ht: auto\;" /><br />&nbsp\;<br /><em>Reveal the Beauty</em> emphasizes not
  only renowned artists and writers like Lois Mailou Jones\, Augusta Savage
 \, Aaron Douglas\, Langston Hughes\, Zora Neale Hurston\, and James Weldon
  Johnson\, whose works captured themes of resilience and cultural pride\, 
 but also the lesser-known artists and activists who collectively shaped th
 is vibrant cultural landscape. Alain Locke\, the great philosopher and Dea
 n of the Harlem Renaissance\, believed that creative expression was a form
  of liberation and could help Black people develop their ethos. He thought
  that art could lead the way to a cultural and social revolution in Americ
 a. In his own words\, "Art must discover and reveal the beauty which preju
 dice and caricature have overlaid."<br />&nbsp\;<br />By highlighting the 
 significant contributions of Dorothy Porter Wesley\, an influential librar
 ian and scholar\, we honor her efforts to preserve and promote African Ame
 rican literature and culture during this period and after. Her collection\
 , generously gifted to Broward County's African American Research Library 
 and Cultural Center by her daughter\, Constance Porter Uzelac\, is a vital
  repository of 19th&mdash\;and 20th-century Black authors that enriches ou
 r understanding of this impactful movement.&nbsp\;<br />&nbsp\;<br /><em>R
 eveal the Beauty: The Literature and Art of the Harlem Renaissance</em> is
  organized by the African American Research Library and Research Center an
 d is curated by Christopher Norwood\, founder of Hampton Art Lovers\, in c
 onsultation with Shawn Christian\, professor of English at Florida Interna
 tional University\, and AARLC staff.&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://broward.libnet.in
 fo/event/12232121
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