"Hop Mr. Bunny, Skip Mr. BearIf you don't dig this party you ain't no where!"The place was Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s. Rents were high and wages were low for many African Americans and one way they came together to fight the injustice and to raise the rent money was to hold rent parties.Refreshments and music were provided and they printed up these neat cards to promote the evenings.When Langston Hughes moved to Harlem he was already familiar with the rent party scene from his days writing for the Chicago Defender. He would eventually put together "quite a collection"...
