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Author Rhodes-Pitts, Sharifa.

Title Harlem is nowhere : a journey to the Mecca of Black America / Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts.

Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown, 2011.

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  974.71 RHO    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  974.71 R34    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  974.71 RHODES-PITTS SHARIFA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 296 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-286) and index.
Contents A colony of their own -- Into the city of refuge -- Searching for the underground city -- Harlem dream books -- Messages -- Land is the basis of all independence -- Back to Carolina -- We march because.
Summary For a century Harlem has been celebrated as the capital of black America, a thriving center of cultural achievement and political action. At a crucial moment in Harlem's history, as gentrification encroaches, the author untangles the myth and meaning of Harlem's legacy. Examining the epic Harlem of official history and the personal Harlem that begins at her front door, she introduces us to a wide variety of characters, past and present. At the heart of their stories, and her own, is the hope carried over many generations, hope that Harlem would be the ground from which blacks fully entered America's democracy.
Subject Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
Community life -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
ISBN 9780316017237
031601723X
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