701918 Arna Bontemps, 1938 (b/w photo) by Vechten, Carl Van (1880-1964); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arnaud "Arna" Wendell Bontemps (1902-73); American poet, prominent member of the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement based in New York during the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. Many French-speaking black writers from African and Caribbean colonies who lived in Paris were also influenced by the Harlem Renaissance;); American, out of copyright.