Harlem is nowhere
About this book
For a century Harlem has been celebrated as the capital of black America, a thriving center of cultural achievement and political action. At a crucial moment in Harlem's history, as gentrification encroaches, the author untangles the myth and meaning of Harlem's legacy. Examining the epic Harlem of official history and the personal Harlem that begins at her front door, she introduces us to a wide variety of characters, past and present. At the heart of their stories, and her own, is the hope carried over many generations, hope that Harlem would be the ground from which blacks fully entered America's democracy.
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- OL Work ID
- OL15975522W
Subjects
City and town lifeSocial conditionsCommunity lifeAfrican AmericansBiographyHistoryAfrican americans, new york (state), new yorkAfrican americans, social conditionsAfrican americans, biographyHarlem (new york, n.y.), historyHarlem (new york, n.y.), social conditionsNew york (n.y.), biographyNew York Times reviewedHarlem (new york, n.y.), social life and customsNew york (n.y.), social conditions