THE HARLEM  RENAISSANCE Part 1 (1901-1925)  - From Williams & Walker to stride  piano mastermind James P. Johnson we will  attempt to scratch the  surface of that iconic uptown cultural explosion .... The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of  African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater,  politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City,  spanning the 1920s and 1930s. We will explore some of it's earliest roots with rare recordings by influential performers and songwriters such as WILLIAMS & WALKER who are said to have planted the  earliest seed with the first All-Black show on Broadway!