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…
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…
With the publication of our book Playing the Numbers drawing near, I’ve added some more pages explaining the game: how…
A West Indian, born in 1888, who arrived in Harlem in 1917, Morgan Thompson* was convicted of assault in 1928…
Divorce raids were a staple of the Amsterdam News throughout the 1920s, and featured a cross section of respectable Harlem,…
Prostitutes were among the blacks who migrated from the San Juan Hill neighborhood to Harlem. As early as 1919, according…
