Frank Hamilton*, a twenty-three-year-old born in Memphis, Tennessee, raised in Arkansas, and educated at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, was…
Ice dealers were prominent among the white deliverymen, salesmen and bill collectors who ventured into the residential blocks occupied by…
Perry Brown* was a forty-five-year-old born in Pennsylvania, who was placed on probation after stealing coats from the building of…
Catholic churches were spread throughout Harlem, reflecting an organization that assigned each parish a particular part of the neighborhood. Unlike…
Shane White was interviewed by Margaret Throsby on ABC Classic FM here in Sydney this morning, talking about the history…
Roger Walker* was a nineteen-year old native of North Carolina and restaurant worker placed on probation after being convicted of…
Another review of our book, Playing the Numbers, has appeared, in the July/August issue of The Atlantic, available online –…
Harlem in the 1920s was not well served by hospitals. One public hospital was located in the neighborhood, but continued…
Soapbox or street corner speakers were a feature of everyday life in Harlem from World War One to the 1960s. …
In the mid-1920s, an average of almost ten people a day, including two children, suffered injuries in automobile accidents between…
