Harlem Is Nowhere

Description:

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.

subjects: City and town life,  Social conditions,  Community life,  African Americans,  Biography,  History,  African americans, new york (state), new york,  African americans, social conditions,  African americans, biography,  Harlem (new york, n.y.), history,  Harlem (new york, n.y.), social conditions,  New york (n.y.), biography,  New York Times reviewed,  Harlem (new york, n.y.), social life and customs,  New york (n.y.), social conditions

Places: New York (State),  New York (N.Y.),  New York,  Harlem (New York, N.Y.)