In Harlem, cricket was a game almost exclusively played by West Indian immigrants. The game had a prominent place in…
Summer did not just lead residents to depart Harlem for day trips and longer summer camps; it also brought visitors…
In summer, day trips to destinations near Harlem became part of residents’ leisure. Social clubs gave up their weekly gatherings…
Until the mid-1920s, Harlem’s children went to summer camps organized by the city’s Fresh Air Fund (FAF) and other groups…
Harlem’s leaders lobbied for playgrounds to protect “children of school age, whose parents are away from home all day by…
By 1930, there were more than 24,000 school-age black children in Harlem (1). Five public elementary served the black community…
When blacks moved to Harlem to live, they also looked to relocate and establish businesses. While the number of Harlem’s…
Stephen Robertson’s article, “Constrained but not contained: Patterns of everyday life and the limits of segregation in 1920s Harlem,” has…
Stephen Robertson will be speaking about Digital Harlem at Collections as Data: IMPACT symposium at the Library of Congress, on July…
I’m pleased to announce the launch of Digital Harlem v2. Over the last several years Ian Johnson has been migrating our…
