Harlem is Nowhere : : a Journey to the Mecca of Black America
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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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PUBLISHED
New York : Little, Brown, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 296 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780316017237
031601723X
SUBJECTS
African Americans -- New York -- History.
African Americans -- New York -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- New York -- Biography.
City and town life -- New York -- History.
Community life -- New York -- History.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.