Bibliograph

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

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Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Harlem reader

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

50810395

Responsibility statement

edited by Herb Boyd ; foreword by Howard Dodson

Sub title

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

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

Table Of 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 BaldwinMinister 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

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