Of course, this has become a whole academic discipline of its own, like studying Elizabethan England or the like.

I just read a book designed for the non-specialist by basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (who seems to be an amateur historian among his other accomplishments):

http://store.kareemabduljabbar.com/on-the-shoulders-of-giants-my-journey-through-the-harlem-renaissa nce.html

That's what probably put the discussion of this period back into my mind.

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