The legend and the obscure - figures from the Harlem Renaissance and others by Winold Reiss, 1924-25

 

W. E. B. Du Bois, sociologist, historian, and civil rights activist.

Mary Mcleod Bethune, educator, philanthropist, and civil and women's rights activist.

Jean Toomer, poet and novelist.

Zora Neale Hurston, writer and anthropologist.

Alain Leroy Locke, writer, philosopher, and educator. 

 Charles Spurgeon Johnson, sociologist and college administrator.

"Harlem Girl, I."

Paul Robeson, singer, actor, and activist.

Robert Russa Moton, educator and author.

"Two Public School Teachers."

"A College Lad." This is a portrait of Harold Jackman, British-born educator, model, and patron of the arts..

James Weldon Johnson, writer and civil rights activist.

"Girl with Blanket."

Roland Hayes, singer and composer.

Robert Nathaniel Dett, Canadian-American composer, pianist/organist, and choral director.

Sari Price Patton, the hostess at a popular salon run by patron of the arts and Harlem Renaissance fixture A’Lelia Walker. Patton was, apparently, also an embezzler.

Countee Cullen, poet, novelist, and playwright.

"The Librarian."

A second portrait of Alain Leroy Locke, writer, philosopher, and educator.

Elise J. McDougald, educator, writer, and activist.

"Harlem Boy."

"The Actress."

 Langston Hughes, poet, novelist, playwright, activist, and columnist.