On March 21, 1924, a group of Black and white artists and intellectuals ... Black woman to head up a New York Public Library branch. During her time at the Harlem branch, she brought in writers ...

If you are white and are reading this vignette, don’t take it for granted that all Harlem is a slum. It isn’t. There are big apartment houses up on the hill, Sugar Hill, and up by City College ...

"There was never a Harlem like ... At a time when white culture was celebrating America's emergence as a world power, black Americans had a more balanced view. The "New Negro" writers celebrated ...

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