Philip Payton : : The Father of Black Harlem / / Kevin McGruder.

At the turn of the early twentieth century, Harlem—the iconic Black neighborhood—was predominantly white. The Black real estate entrepreneur Philip Payton played a central role in Harlem’s transformation. He founded the Afro-American Realty Company in 1903, vowing to vanquish housing discrimination....

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 15 figures
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter One THE PAYTONS BEFORE AND IN WESTFIELD
  • Chapter Two THE PROVINCIAL IN NEW YORK CITY
  • Chapter Three ENTERING THE FIELD OF BATTLE
  • Chapter Four BATTLES IN THE STREETS AND THE COURTROOM
  • Chapter Five TO LIBERIA AND BACK
  • Chapter Six FIFTY YEARS OF FREEDOM NATIONAL
  • Chapter Seven THE LAST BIG DEAL
  • EPILOGUE
  • NOTES
  • CHRONOLOGY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX