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The Harlem reader : a celebration of New York's most famous neighborhood, from the renaissance years to the twenty-first century

Title
The Harlem reader : a celebration of New York's most famous neighborhood, from the renaissance years to the twenty-first century / edited by Herb Boyd ; foreword by Howard Dodson.
Publication
New York : Three Rivers Press, [2003]
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  • Boyd, Herb, 1938-
  • Dodson, Howard
Description
xviii, 316 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
An anthology of fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and other narratives provides a portrait of Harlem at diverse points in its history, from the early days through the Harlem Renaissance to the present day.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • American fiction – African American authors.
  • American poetry – African American authors.
  • American fiction – Women authors.
  • American poetry – Women authors
  • Trivia and miscellanea.
  • Biography.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Home on the grange / by Alexander Hamilton -- The Afro-American Realty Company / by Gilbert Osofsky -- Boyhood in Harlem / by Thomas C. Fleming -- We return fighting / by David Levering Lewis -- The class struggle / by W.E.B. Du Bois -- Witness to the Harlem Renaissance / by James Weldon Johnson -- The Garvey movement / by John Henrik Clarke -- In his own words / by Marcus Garvey -- Springtime in Harlem / by Roi Ottley -- Harlem in the spotlight / by Hubert Harrison -- Ringtail / by Rudolph Fisher -- Nights at the Cotton Club / by Duke Ellington -- The Harlem Rens / by Arthur Ashe, Jr. -- Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem / by Helene Johnson -- On "Gloria Swanson" / by Richard Bruce Nugent -- The Abyssinian Baptist Church / by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. -- The Harlem Fox / by J. Raymond Jones -- Our Harlem / by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee -- Upon arriving in Harlem / by Gordon Parks, Sr. -- Macbeth in Harlem / by Wendy Smith -- Zora / by Laurence Holder -- 409 Edgecombe, baseball and Madame St. Clair / by Catherine Butler Jones -- 116th Street / by Ann Petry -- Life in Black and white / by Sidney Poitier -- Hostess of Harlem / by Claude McKay -- A toast to Harlem / by Langston Hughes -- If you ain't got heart, you ain't got nada / by Piri Thomas -- Homegirls on St. Nicholas Avenue / by Sonia Sanchez -- Harlem background / by Harold Cruse -- Lorraine Hansberry : on time! / by John Oliver Killens -- Fifth Avenue uptown : a letter from Harlem / by James Baldwin.
  • Minister Malcolm X / by Malcolm X -- Castro in Harlem / by Maya Angelou -- Harlem / by Henry Dumas -- Memories of a sixties girlhood : the Harlem I love / by Michele Wallace -- Cotton comes to Harlem / by Chester Himes -- My Harlem / by Tonya Bolden -- Returning to a Harlem I never left / by Eddy Harris -- Harlem haiku : a scrapbook / by Jabari Asim -- Passing Strivers' Row / by Grace Edwards -- Reflections on the metro north, winter, 1990 / by Willie Perdomo -- Making Harlem my business / by Dorothy Pitman Hughes -- Chris Rock at the Apollo / by Cintra Wilson -- Ethnic cleansing comes to Harlem / by Mamadou Chinyelu -- Unforgettable summer for Harlem Little League / by Howie Evans -- Harlem is my heart / by Yemise Cameron -- Harlem reader vignettes / by Herb Boyd.
Call Number
Sc D 04-166
ISBN
  • 1400046815
  • 9781400046812
LCCN
2002151280
OCLC
50810395
Title
The Harlem reader : a celebration of New York's most famous neighborhood, from the renaissance years to the twenty-first century / edited by Herb Boyd ; foreword by Howard Dodson.
Publisher
New York : Three Rivers Press, [2003]
Edition
First Edition
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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Publisher description
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Boyd, Herb, 1938- editor.
Dodson, Howard, writer of foreword.
Research Call Number
Sc D 04-166
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