Harlem on My Mind: Cultural Capitol of Black America 1900-1968

By (author): "Allon Schoener"
Harlem on My Mind: Cultural Capitol of Black America 1900-1968
ISBN1565842669
ISBN139781565842663
AsinHarlem on My Mind: Cultural Capitol of Black America 1900-1968
Original titleHarlem on My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America, 1900-1968
This portrait of the legendary neighbourhood of Harlem animates life there during seven of its most exciting and turbulent decades. It includes photographs of the neighbourhood's literati - Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and Richard Wright; its politicians - Marcus Garvey, Malcom X and Adam Clayton; and its musical geniuses - Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington and James Brown.