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A Review of Digital Harlem & My Response in the American Historical Review

February 11, 2016 Stephen Robertson Leave a comment

The February 2016 issue of the American Historical Review includes an extended review of Digital Harlem — “Harlem Crime, Soapbox Speeches, and Beauty…

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digital_harlemDigital Harlem@digital_harlem·
8 Aug

Teaching the Harlem Renaissance? Check out a new chapter on using Digital Harlem as a resource for a complex picture of the neighborhood's everyday life, and to situate places and events in Harlem’s material environment: https://drstephenrobertson.com/digitalharlemblog/teaching-digital-harlem/

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26 Aug 2019

Take a look at our latest blog guest post, by @adambiggs236, on the history of desegregation of Harlem Hospital! https://twitter.com/NYAMHistory/status/1165985539167870978

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Desegregating Harlem Hospital: A Centennial http://nyamcenterforhistory.org/2019/08/26/desegregating-harlem-hospital-a-centennial/

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digital_harlemDigital Harlem@digital_harlem·
13 Mar 2019

We've made the long overdue move to a self-hosted site - enjoy the Digital Harlem Blog without ads, and with a new theme at http://drstephenrobertson.com/digitalharlemblog/

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digital_harlemDigital Harlem@digital_harlem·
10 Sep 2018

Black Business in 1920s Harlem: mapping & graphing newspaper surveys & black business guides - https://digitalharlemblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/black-businesses-in-1920s-harlem/

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8 Aug 2018

New blog posts on summer in 1920s Harlem 4/4: Summer Camps - https://digitalharlemblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/20/summer-camps-for-1920s-harlem/ @UrbanHistoryA @AAIHS @AHAhistorians @SchomburgCenter

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