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Richard Bruce Nugent: Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance

Explore the life and works of Richard Bruce Nugent, a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Discover his art, literary contributions, and advocacy as a Black gay man in the cultural movement of the early 20th century.

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Richard Bruce Nugent: Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance

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  1. Richard Bruce Nugent Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance

  2. Richard Bruce Nugent • Born in Washington, DC on July 2, 1906 • Richard Henry Nugent • Pauline Minerva Bruce • Moved to New York at 14 • First taste for art • Moved back to Washington

  3. Langston Hughes • Georgia Douglas Johnson • June 1925, met Hughes • Offered encouragement and support • Recovered "Shadow" from his wastebasket

  4. Shadow

  5. Smoke, Lilies, and Jade • Alain Locke’s The New Negro (1925) • Sadhji • Wallace Thurman • FIRE!! • Smoke, Lilies, and Jade

  6. Niggeratti Manor From the film “Brother to Brother”

  7. Other Works • Harlem: A Forum of Negro Life • Harmon Foundation • Beyond Where the Stars Stood Still

  8. Grace Elizabeth Marr

  9. Harlem Cultural Council • Community Planning Conference at Columbia University in 1964 • Cultural Planning workshop • Elected Co-Chair • Chair of the Program Committee until March 1967

  10. Later Life • Black Men/White Men: A Gay Anthology (1983) • In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology (1986)

  11. Richard Bruce Nugent

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