February is Black History Month in the United States and a huge focus of this month in high school and college classrooms is the Harlem Renaissance. Did you know that a significant number of influential people within this movement had Afro-Caribbean roots? For an overview, JSTOR has an article entitled, “.” Below you will find some highlighted individuals.
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, an unapologetically queer blues artist of Trinidadian descent
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, Jamaican-American author and poet
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Arturo Schomburg, Puerto Rican writer, activist, and historian
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, Jamaican activist and journalist
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, Guyanese activist and revolutionary
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, Surinamese activist and revolutionary (husband of Hermina)
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, UNIA organizer of Martiniquan聽and French Guianese descent