His chosen manner did not embrace African-influenced stylization in the manner of other artists connected with the Harlem Renaissance ... urban Black culture with jazz clubs and nightlife ...

In the famous New York neighborhood, a center of African American culture and home of the cultural flowering known as the Harlem Renaissance ... nightly migration of jazz fans and dancers ...

The “artist-reporter” Allan Rohan Crite’s straightforward depictions of ordinary Black city life challenged simplistic assumptions.