Walking Harlem : : The Ultimate Guide to the Cultural Capital of Black America /

Walking Harlem : : The Ultimate Guide to the Cultural Capital of Black America / / Karen Taborn.

With its rich cultural history and many landmark buildings, Harlem is not just one of New York's most distinctive neighborhoods; it's also one of the most walkable. This illustrated guide takes readers on five separate walking tours of Harlem, covering ninety-one different historical sites...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Taborn, Karen,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (220 p.) :; 63 photos, 7 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • About This Book
  • Introduction
  • PART I: TOURS
  • TOUR 1. Central Harlem: North
  • TOUR 2. Central Harlem: Middle
  • TOUR 3. Central Harlem: South
  • TOUR 4. West Harlem: North
  • TOUR 5. West Harlem, Washington Heights: Far North
  • PART II: HARLEM: PEOPLE, PLACES, AND MOVEMENTS
  • Civil Rights, Social Justice Movements, and Overcoming the Odds
  • The 1930s Harlem Arts Movement
  • The New Negro Movement and "Niggerati Manor"
  • Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
  • Vaudeville Theater and Minstrelsy
  • The Development of Bebop ( Jazz) in Harlem
  • Speakeasies, Small Clubs, Jungle Alley, and Stride Piano Players
  • James Baldwin, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison
  • Malcolm X
  • Sugar Hill
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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