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Toomer, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Toomer, Jean, 1894–1967, American writer, b. Washington, D.C., as Nathan Eugene Toomer. A major figure of the Harlem Renaissance, he is known mainly for Cane (1923, rev. ed. 1988, 2011…

The Harlem Renaissance

Three writers and their contemporary counterparts by Jace Clayton   For many young Black writers and artists who gravitated to New York City's Harlem in the 1920s, the sudden interest…

Harlem Renaissance

(Encyclopedia) Harlem Renaissance, term used to describe a flowering of African-American literature and art in the 1920s, mainly in the Harlem district of New York City. During the mass migration of…

Seberg, Jean

actressBirthplace: Marshalltown, IowaBorn: 1938Died: 1979

Simmons, Jean

actressBirthplace: Crouch Hill, LondonBorn: 1/31/29

Stapleton, Jean

(Jeanne Murray) actressBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1/19/23

Arthur, Jean

(Gladys Greene)actressBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1900Died: 1991

Marsh, Jean

actressBirthplace: Stoke Newington, EnglandBorn: 7/1/34