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You're Dead to Me, You're Dead To Me, The Harlem Renaissance

You're Dead to Me

You're Dead To Me

The Harlem Renaissance

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March 26, 2021

52 minutes

Available for over a year

In the first of five special episodes on US history, Greg Jenner is ed by Prof Emily Bernard and Roy Wood Jr in 1920s New York as they take a look at the movers and shakers of the Harlem Renaissance. Walk through one of Harlem's infamous rent parties and meet the greatest icons and minds from music, politics and the literary world during a cultural revolution.

Produced by Cornelius Mendez

Script by Greg Jenner and Emma Nagouse

Research by Harry Prance, Jess White, Tim Galsworthy

A production by The Athletic for BBC Radio 4.