About the Author

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University.
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham is Professor of History and Afro-American Studies at Harvard University and chair of the department.

Reviews

"This authoritative reference work will prove a useful acquisition for high school, public, and academic libraries; particularly for smaller institutions that lack the African American National Biography."--Library Journal
"Harlem Renaissance Lives is a good source of reference for any library." -- Choice