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Monique And The Delta G.E.M.S. Nurture Harlem

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On Saturday, May 18th, 2013, I was heading to the Harlem World Magazine office today, and out of the corner of my eye I saw young girls planting flowers on the boulevard of Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (between 125th and 124th Streets). Continue reading

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Amelia Boynton Robinson Civil Rights Heroine in Harlem

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Amelia Boynton Robinson, age 102, will speak on Nonviolence and Youth for a Mother’s Day weekend event.  Continue reading

Happy Birthday Harlem’s Hubert Henry Harrison

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A Harlem Original

Hubert Harrison (1883-1927) is one of the truly important figures of early twentieth-century America. A brilliant writer, orator, educator, critic, and political activist, he was described by the historian Joel A. Rogers, in “World’s Great Men of Color” as “the foremost Afro-American intellect of his time.” Continue reading

Harlem Bishop Robert Lawson 1883 – 1961 (video)

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A Man With A Divine Vision

“Let me live in the house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.”

Robert Lawson was born on May 5, 1883 in New Iberia, La. In 1913, Lawson was a well-educated and ambitious young man, considering a career in law, when he suddenly took ill. Continue reading

AFRICA & The Diaspora, A “GATHERING” for Critical Conversation Dialogue Strategy

africa kids The purpose of the Gathering is to heighten awareness and present the truth, which mainstream media and governments fail to do, concerning the mortal conflicts, crises and tensions in Africa and their affects on Africa’s descendants, their children and the future of humanity.  Continue reading

HW Shop: Eartha Kitt And Lena Horne Signed 1st Edition Book

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Divas Eartha Kitt and Lena Horne signed this 1st edition book Black Musical Theatre From Coontown to Dreamgirls by Allen Woll.

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The Danny Tisdale Show with Barry Goldenberg’s Youth Historians Program

king in harlemListen to The Danny Tisdale Show on the HW Radio Podcast with host Danny Tisdale as he talks to Barry Goldenberg, Program Director for the Youth Historians Program at Teachers College, Columbia.

Also, Danny talks about the latest Harlem news on Harlem World Magazine  Facebook, and our history site on Facebook, Twitter and HarlemWorldMag.com.

Listen in HERE>>>.

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HW Shop: Alain LeRoy Locke The “Dean” Of The Harlem Renaissance Autograph

Alain LeRoy Locke Harlem Renaissance Signed Autograph

The Card

Here’s an opportunity to own a piece of Harlem history with this autographed blue card signed by Alain Leroy Locke For Emil R. Dean, With All Best Wishes, Alain Leroy Locke, January 14, 1949, using a black marker. Continue reading

NYC Public Library Call For Black History Month

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NYC Public Library on 115th Street branch in Harlem is looking for children, teens or adults to help celebrate Black History Month, on Wednesday on February 27th at 5:00 PM, by presenting a short piece of their choice.   Continue reading

MLK Day/The Inauguration By Patricia SpearsJones

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What a great day for our nation and a difficult day for the world. The crisis in North Africa; the war in Mali, snows in Paris and not much of anything in New York. Continue reading