Rent Party Card

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Rent Party Card

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This rent party card advertises an event in Harlem on March 19th, 1932. Note the reference to different skin tones at the top, reminding contemporary readers of colorism of the period. This copy belongs to Langston Hughes's personal papers.

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    Langston Hughes Papers. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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