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“Disorderly Houses” in the Journal of the History of Sexuality

January 19, 2011 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

Our article “Disorderly Houses: Residences, Privacy and the Surveillance of Sexuality in 1920s Harlem” has been accepted for publication in…

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Posted in: Publications, Updates Filed under: 1920s, arrests, black business, black families, buffet flats, divorce, furnished room, lodgers, nightlife, police, privacy, private detectives, prostitution, speakeasies

Divorce Raids

October 5, 2009 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

Divorce raids were a staple of the Amsterdam News throughout the 1920s, and featured a cross section of respectable Harlem,…

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Posted in: Events, Maps Filed under: 1920s, 1930s, divorce, Harlem, middle class blacks, private detectives, prostitution

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