Summer did not just lead residents to depart Harlem for day trips and longer summer camps; it also brought visitors…
When blacks moved to Harlem to live, they also looked to relocate and establish businesses. While the number of Harlem’s…
Hubert Julian, by his own account, arrived in Harlem in 1921. Born in Trinidad in 1897, he had migrated to…
Our article, “The Black Eagle of Harlem,” has appeared in Beyond Blackface: African Americans and the Creation of American Popular…
Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) was headquartered in Harlem from 1918 to 1927. The organization generally appears in…
Harlem is also a parade ground. During the warmer months of the year no Sunday passes without several parades. There…
Soapbox or street corner speakers were a feature of everyday life in Harlem from World War One to the 1960s. …
