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Harlem History
The Streets of Harlem

"Can we think of another neighborhood in the world that has the kind of resonance that Harlem has? Greenwich Village, and neighborhoods in London, but I think it's hard to beat Harlem."
—Robert O'Meally

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Special Feature: Treasures from the M. Moran Weston Papers
Rarely seen images from a 1945 Negro Freedom Rally are accompanied by video of Professor Manning Marable providing historical background on them. A short slide show of other images from the Weston papers is also included.

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The Neighborhood


Ny times

New York Times article from 1923, from the Alexander Gumby scrapbooks, reporting the growth of the African American population in Harlem.

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Black Harlem Once Was News
In this 1923 article from the New York Times that was clipped by Alexander Gumby for his legendary scrapbooks on African American history, now held by Special Collections at the Columbia University Libraries, the influx of African Americans to Harlem is noted and described from the perspective of that period.

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