Harlem is nowhere : a journey to the Mecca of Black America /
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Beaufort - Beaufort Branch | 974.712 RHO (Text) | 0530005422163 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Dorchester - Summerville Branch | 974.71 RHO (Text) | 30018004304206 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| York - Rock Hill Branch | 974.71 RHODES- PITTS (Text) | 33205009769056 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316017237
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Physical Description:
296 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown, 2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-286) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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, etc.: | 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. |
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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.
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