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Writing Queer and Trans Lives

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 23.03.02

Unit Guide

Black & Queer Lives: Intersecting Identities of the Harlem Renaissance

Dan Croteau

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End Notes

¹ “Facts about LGBTQ Youth Suicide,” The Trevor Project, accessed May 1, 2023, https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/.

² Julie Coleman, “Youth Suicide Attempts Dropped In States With LGBTQ Hate Crime Laws, Study Finds,” Forbes, June 23, 2022, https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliecoleman/2022/06/23/youth-suicide-attempts-dropped-in-states-with-lgbtq-hate-crime-laws-study-finds/?sh=bc269e41f7f7.

³ Garber, Eric. “A Spectacle in Color: The Lesbian and Gay Subculture of Jazz Age Harlem.” Essay. In Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past. New American Library, 1989.

⁴ Alain Locke, “The New Negro,” African American Poetry (1870-1927): A Digital Anthology, September 2, 2022, https://scalar.lehigh.edu/african-american-poetry-a-digital-anthology/the-new-negro-essay-by-alain-locke-1925.

⁵ “Alain Locke,” National Museum of African American History and Culture, May 31, 2020, https://nmaahc.si.edu/alain-locke.

⁶ Steven W. Lewis, “The Harlem Renaissance in Black Queer History,” National Museum of African American History and Culture, May 28, 2022, https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/harlem-renaissance-black-queer-history.

⁷ A. B. Christa Schwarz, Gay Voices of the Harlem Renaissance (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2003).

⁸ Eric Garber, “A Spectacle in Color: The Lesbian and Gay Subculture of Jazz Age Harlem,” essay, in Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past (New American Library, 1989).

⁹ Garber, “A Spectacle in Color: The Lesbian and Gay Subculture of Jazz Age Harlem,” essay, in Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past (New American Library, 1989).

¹⁰ Muhammad Shareef, “Black and Queer in the Harlem Renaissance,” Queer Majority, accessed March 12, 2023, https://www.queermajority.com/essays-all/black-and-queer-in-the-harlem-renaissance.

¹¹ Garber, “A Spectacle in Color: The Lesbian and Gay Subculture of Jazz Age Harlem,” essay, in Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past (New American Library, 1989).

¹² Crystal Sanders, “Celebrating Black Brides: Profile #3,” Crystal R. Sanders, April 17, 2018, http://www.crystalrsanders.com/blog/tag/Yolande+Du+Bois.

¹³ Remember: Harlem’s Wedding of the Century, April 20, 2011, https://harlembespoke.blogspot.com/2011/04/remember-harlems-wedding-of-century.html.

¹⁴ Langston Hughes, The Big Sea (New York: Hill and Wang, 1993).

¹⁵ Muhammad Shareef, “Black and Queer in the Harlem Renaissance,” Queer Majority, accessed March 12, 2023, https://www.queermajority.com/essays-all/black-and-queer-in-the-harlem-renaissance.

¹⁶ “Found Poem,” Poets.org, accessed July 12, 2023, https://poets.org/glossary/found-poem.

¹⁷ “Found Poetry: How to Write a Found Poem ,” MasterClass, August 12, 2021, https://www.masterclass.com/articles/found-poem-guide.

¹⁸ Walter Dean Myers, “About Walter Dean Myers,” Walter Dean Myers, 2023, https://walterdeanmyers.net/about/.

¹⁹ “Walter Dean Myers Biography,” Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2023, https://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Li-Ou/Myers-Walter-Dean.html.

²⁰ “Walter Dean Myers Biography,” Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2023, https://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Li-Ou/Myers-Walter-Dean.html.

²¹ “Countee Cullen,” Poems by the Famous Poet - All Poetry, accessed July 11, 2023, https://allpoetry.com/Countee-Cullen.

²² “Countee Cullen,” Biography.com, January 29, 2021, https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/countee-cullen.

²³ “Countee Cullen,” National Museum of African American History and Culture, accessed July 11, 2023, https://nmaahc.si.edu/countee-cullen.

²⁴ “Countee Cullen,” Biography.com, January 29, 2021, https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/countee-cullen.

²⁵ “Countee Cullen,” National Museum of African American History and Culture, accessed July 11, 2023, https://nmaahc.si.edu/countee-cullen.

²⁶ Lewis, “The Harlem Renaissance in Black Queer History,” National Museum of African American History and Culture, May 28, 2022, https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/harlem-renaissance-black-queer-history.

²⁷ “Countee Cullen,” Poetry Foundation, 2023, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/countee-cullen.

²⁸ “Countee Cullen,” Biography.com, January 29, 2021, https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/countee-cullen.

²⁹ Biography.com Editors, “Langston Hughes,” Biography.com, January 29, 2021, https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/langston-hughes.

³⁰ Hilton Als, “The Elusive Langston Hughes,” The New Yorker, February 16, 2015, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/23/sojourner.

³¹ History.com Editors, “Langston Hughes - Career, Poems & Legacy,” History.com, January 24, 2023, https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/langston-hughes.

³² Andre Bagoo, “Langston Hughes’ Down-Low Dreams,” The Gay & Lesbian Review, October 1, 2021, https://glreview.org/article/langston-hughes-down-low-dreams/.

³³ “Alain Locke,” National Museum of African American History and Culture, May 31, 2020, https://nmaahc.si.edu/alain-locke.

³⁴ Dr. Robert Philipson, “Langston Hughes, Asexual,” Shoga Films, November 1, 2022, https://www.shogafilms.com/langston-hughes-asexual.

³⁵ Biography.com Editors, “Langston Hughes,” Biography.com, January 29, 2021, https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/langston-hughes.

³⁶ History.com Editors, “Langston Hughes - Career, Poems & Legacy,” History.com, January 24, 2023, https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/langston-hughes.

³⁷ John W. Ravage, Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951), March 3, 2007, https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/micheaux-oscar-1884-1951/.

³⁸ “Oscar Micheaux,” NAACP, 2023, https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/oscar-micheaux.

³⁹ Ravage, Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951), March 3, 2007, https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/micheaux-oscar-1884-1951/.

⁴⁰ “Oscar Micheaux,” NAACP, 2023, https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/oscar-micheaux.

⁴¹ “Oscar Micheaux’s Legacy,” The Micheaux Film Festival, 2022, https://www.micheauxfilmfest.com/oscar-micheaux/.

⁴² Kyna Morgan, “Alice B. Russell,” Alice B. Russell – Women Film Pioneers Project, 2013, https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/alice-b-russell/.

⁴³ Dr. Rosanne Welch, Alice Burton Russell Micheaux: “Breaking barriers on two fronts,” November 17, 2021, https://scriptmag.com/history/alice-burton-russell-micheaux-breaking-barriers-on-two-fronts.

⁴⁴ Morgan, “Alice B. Russell,” Alice B. Russell – Women Film Pioneers Project, 2013, https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/alice-b-russell/.